Truck accident fatalities and slanted coverage

What do you think? When a newspaper carries a story about an industry, should the reporter interview industry spokespeople? Or should he assume that all he'll get from them is spin? It seems to me that not only do reporters interview industry spokesmen but that they rely far more on what the spinmeisters think than they do on more objective sources. A Thursday Post-Dispatch article, "Truck miles...

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