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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/952">Mat Ward</a></span></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image">
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<p><strong><i>Fraudcast News</i><strong><br />
Patrick Chalmers<br />
Released February 2012<br />
<a href="http://fraudcastnews.net/" title="http://fraudcastnews.net/">http://fraudcastnews.net/</a></strong></strong></p>
<p>Reading this former Reuters reporter's analysis of the news industry is like watching an episode of detective series <i>Columbo</i> unfold.</p>
<p>Like the seemingly innocent inspector Columbo, Patrick Chalmers at first comes across as disconcertingly naive. But, just like the deceptive detective, his eye for detail and dedicated approach become clear only late in the storyline. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51634" target="_blank">read more</a></p>