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Old 7th January 2008, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker View Post
That nwews is extremely unprofessional. I'm quite surprised since it comes from BBC. tinnitus is not a disease, it's a symptom. That's almost like saying ayu is deaf because her ear is deaf.
On the other hand, it's interesting to seem this problem has trigged international media's interest in reporting it.
It's not the news' fault if the reporter writing the article messes it up--they're unprofessional, then. Or their fact-checkers are. Though also in their defence, they make the tinnitus thing seem like a rumor/hearsay and not something 100% factual.
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