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We should take a hard look at our reporting of Trump and Russia

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

 Washington

REVERSE FERRET! When he edited the Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie used to throw open his office door and bellow this at the newsroom when the paper had got a story wrong. It came from the northern endurance sport of ferret-legging: a pair of razor-toothed ferrets are put down your trousers — no underwear allowed.

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