wire service

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So wire service reporters had to play it straight—get it first but get it right, facts are gettable, verification necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It was similarly unrepentant about Bloomberg's Lucey, who asked Trump why he would not release material on Epstein, accusing the wire service journalist of "unprofessional behavior."

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Some of the “specials,” as we wire service correspondents called the major media then, reported that we were fired on.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled on Tuesday that the wire service should be granted access to the Oval Office and Air Force One whenever other news organizations are allowed into those limited spaces.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

Having started my career as a wire service reporter with United Press International, I have enormous sympathy with wire service reporters and the pressures, both professional and financial, under which they toil.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman