21 September 2001 - the first casualty
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Truth is the first to fall in war. This time, the attacking
soldiers are front-line journalists. They trained for years to
verify their sources, and now they’ve been ordered to report everything
that moves. The battle cry: “The public doesn’t want facts,
they want news. And we can make that up.”
clue:
“Truth is the first casualty of war.” — Arthur Ponsonby, 1928
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.” — Hiram Johnson, 1917
give me a clue so sweet and true