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| − | There's a difference between '''stating flatly''' that "the earth is 6,000 years old" and '''reporting''' that "Young Earth creationists say that the earch is 6,000 years old." Likewise, there's a difference between saying "All living species of animals evolved from earlier species" and saying "Most biologists believe that all living species of animals evolved from earlier species".
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| − | English teachers call that [[attribution]].
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| − | Here's another example:
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| − | *It was raining on Tuesday. (unattributed)
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| − | *John said it was raining on Tuesday. (attributed)
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| − | Newspaper report on a murder trial:
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| − | *Smith killed Jones.
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| − | *Judge Robinson found Smith guilty of killing Jones.
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| − | Simply by attributing a statement to the person who said it, we can turn bias into fact. That is, we convert a statement about something from a [[biased assertion]] into an [[attribution]]. We don't say "X". We say that "A said X."
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