sentences:  Yet the rumours persist, with no small thanks to the likes of the book "The Pioneer Flying Achievements of Preston Watson", which is full of inconsistencies and errors and relies primarily on James Watson's discredited testimony.The unearthing of factual accounts of Watson's activities has not prevented a flood of articles and further re-assertions of the discredited stories in newspapers and magazines since James made his assertions over 60 years ago, however.During the 100th anniversary year of the Wrights' first powered flights, reporters took up the story and published "their" exclusive in the local press, recycling the same James Watson quotes and statements between them.