<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Erwin_Knoll" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Erwin_Knoll</a><p>First hand experience with Knoll&#x27;s Law of Media Accuracy: Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge<p>I heard it first phrased (and probably before the above) that the accuracy of a newspaper article is inversely proportional to how close you are to the subject.