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We, at the Advocate-Messenger, are gearing up for National Newspaper Week, which is celebrated Oct. 4 through 10.

This year’s theme - America Needs Journalists - has never been more timely.

In a time when we hear “fake news” uttered on a daily basis, it’s time to clear the air and face the truth.

Ethical journalists do not file fake news stories. We fact check (a term Scott has learned a lot about in the last year because I use it all the time), fact check again and fact check one final time before sending an article to print. We vet sources and double check their quotes, deciphering nuances o...