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  1. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · George Claassen

    George Claassen | When do we apologise? The imperative when we get it wrong | News24 (opens the original)

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    Drawing lessons from the Andrea Johnson saga, George Claassen argues that journalists should borrow scientists’ commitment to verification and scepticism – greeting every claim with “show me” – to stay independent, admit mistakes openly, and resist intimidation in an age of social-media rumour and legal threats. “How can we tell the facts, or the probable facts, from the chaff? We can borrow from science. We can try to judge all possible claims of fact by the same methods and rules of evidence t

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