What is *Flat Earth News* by Nick Davies about?

*Flat Earth News* (2008) exposes systemic flaws in modern journalism, arguing that corporate ownership and profit motives have eroded fact-checking and investigative reporting. Nick Davies reveals how understaffed newsrooms rely on unchecked wire services and PR material, producing "churnalism" instead of verified news. The book cites a Cardiff University study finding only 12% of UK news stories were thoroughly fact-checked, highlighting structural issues over individual reporter blame.

Who is Nick Davies, the author of *Flat Earth News*?

Nick Davies (b. 1953) is a British investigative journalist renowned for exposing the *News of the World* phone-hacking scandal. A *Guardian* reporter since 1979, he’s won multiple awards, including Reporter of the Year. His works, like *Flat Earth News* and *Hack Attack*, critique media malpractice, blending firsthand experience with rigorous research.

Who should read *Flat Earth News*?

This book is essential for journalists, media students, and anyone concerned about press integrity. It offers insights into corporate media manipulation, making it valuable for PR professionals, policymakers, and readers analyzing news credibility. Davies’ evidence-heavy approach appeals to those interested in systemic critiques of misinformation.

Is *Flat Earth News* worth reading?

Yes—it’s a landmark exposé of journalism’s decline, backed by peer-reviewed research and investigative rigor. While some critique its UK-centric focus, its themes of media consolidation and propaganda remain globally relevant, particularly in the era of algorithmic news and AI-generated content.

What is “churnalism” in *Flat Earth News*?

Churnalism describes the practice of recycling press releases or wire stories without verification. Davies argues shrinking newsrooms force journalists to prioritize speed over accuracy, creating a cycle where unchecked claims become “news.” This contrasts with traditional investigative reporting, which requires time and resources.

How does corporate ownership affect journalism, per *Flat Earth News*?

Davies blames profit-driven conglomerates (e.g., Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp) for cutting editorial budgets while expanding output. Fewer journalists must produce more content, leading to reliance on pre-packaged material from PR firms or agencies—a model that prioritizes volume over public interest.

What role does the Daily Mail play in *Flat Earth News*?

A chapter critiques the *Daily Mail* and editor Paul Dacre for aggressive sensationalism and unethical tactics. Davies alleges the paper fabricates stories to fit ideological agendas, using intimidation to silence critics. Examples include: * Misleading headlines * Targeting individuals without evidence

Does *Flat Earth News* discuss intelligence agencies influencing media?

Yes. Davies reveals how CIA and MI6 planted stories in UK outlets, including a Sunday newspaper that published fictional claims about Iraqi weapons. Such collaborations illustrate how intelligence services exploit journalistic pipelines to spread propaganda.

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一位屡获殊荣的记者揭露全球媒体中的虚假、扭曲与宣传内容

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令人震惊的揭秘：仅有 12% 的新闻报道经过了实际的事实核查。尼克·戴维斯（Nick Davies）的《平地新闻》（*Flat Earth News*）揭露了企业利益和资源限制如何腐蚀新闻业，引发了全行业的争议，并促使《伦敦书评》宣称其“可能会永久改变”我们看待媒体的方式。

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第 1 章

When Truth Falls Victim to the News Machine

Have you ever wondered why the news so often gets it wrong? In 2008, veteran Guardian journalist Nick Davies shattered journalism's unwritten code of silence with "Flat Earth News," a searing expose of his own profession's systemic failures. The book became an instant sensation, with media critic Jay Rosen calling it "one of the most important books on journalism I have read." Even as traditional newspapers were beginning their financial decline, Davies revealed a more insidious rot within: the transformation of journalism from truth-seeking to "churnalism" - the rapid processing of unchecked material. The book's impact reverberated through newsrooms worldwide, forcing uncomfortable conversations about how commercial pressures had corrupted the fourth estate's fundamental purpose. Davies, whose later work exposing the News of the World phone hacking scandal would bring down Britain's largest Sunday newspaper, had established himself as journalism's most fearless internal critic, willing to turn his investigative skills on his own industry.

第 2 章

The Millennium Bug That Never Bit: How False Stories Spread

Remember the Y2K panic? As the world approached January 1, 2000, prestigious newspapers worldwide predicted catastrophe from the "millennium bug." The Washington Post warned of "a date with disaster," Newsweek foretold "the day the world crashes," and American journalists accused other nations of leaving the US "in peril" by inadequately addressing the computer problem. Yet when the night arrived, almost nothing happened-a tide gauge failed in Portsmouth harbor, a weather station computer froze in Aberdeen, and a Swansea businessman discovered his malfunctioning computer was merely suffering from "a mouse with loose bowels." No planes fell from the sky. No power stations melted down. Even countries that had done little preparation experienced no problems. Most journalists never wrote about this massive non-event, quietly abandoning the story that had consumed years of coverage. Governments had spent fortunes (Britain reportedly 396-788 million, America between $100-858 billion), while bug-related businesses flourished selling protection kits. When nothing happened, everyone "picked themselves up, hoped nobody was looking and quietly tiptoed away." This failure of truth-telling represents what Davies calls "Flat Earth news"-stories widely accepted as true despite being "riddled with falsehood, distortion and propaganda." The millennium bug story exemplifies how media falsehoods spread through exaggeration and fear. Peter de Jager, who first raised concerns, admitted he "cranked up the anxiety" when his initial warnings went unheeded. In testimony to a Canadian House subcommittee, he made sweeping claims like "all businesses lose the ability to do business" without fixes-far beyond what was technically accurate. As the story spread, self-interested parties joined in: office managers seeking budget increases, property dealers hiking prices of "safe" remote houses, authors selling survival guides, and companies marketing bug-detection software. After nothing happened, many experts admitted their error. De Jager conceded, "It turns out that there were fewer 99/00 boundary crossings than we feared," while another expert admitted, "We totally miscalculated the degree of risk." This pattern repeats with other Flat Earth narratives, like the heroin prohibition story-widely accepted as truth yet riddled with falsehood. It began with "expert" testimony to American senators in 1924 claiming heroin was uniquely toxic and deadly-a falsehood that spread through self-interested parties including racists targeting Chinese migrants and law enforcement agencies seeking expanded powers. The media operated as an echo chamber, reporting activity based on the falsehood as though well-founded, while governments now spend astronomical sums on enforcement policies that often increase harm.

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第 3 章

The Collapse of Journalistic Infrastructure

What happened to the robust journalism that once held power accountable? The transformation began when business interests overtook news values. After Rupert Murdoch moved his UK papers to Wapping in 1986, breaking print unions and removing the final obstacle to corporate control, commercial logic was ruthlessly applied to newsrooms. Unlike manufacturing where production lines improve quality, in journalism this approach eliminated the essential ingredients of truth-telling: human contact and time for verification. The impact has been devastating. While staffing levels remained relatively stable over twenty years, the amount of editorial space journalists had to fill trebled. As Cardiff University researchers discovered, journalists now produce more stories with less checking. "Newspapers have turned into copy factories," one reporter explained, with "less time for real investigations or developing contacts." Another lamented, "if things require lots of work, they are less likely to be embarked on." The damage extends beyond national papers. Local journalism, which traditionally supplied stories to nationals, has been decimated by corporate takeovers. By 2005, ten corporations owned 74% of local papers, with 403 titles closed in the decade after Wapping and over half of provincial journalists losing their jobs. Freelance agencies that once covered local communities have similarly collapsed, with many closing entirely. Court reporting agencies have vanished, breaking another crucial supply line. Meanwhile, both ITV and BBC have repeatedly cut news staff while increasing output, particularly with the move to 24-hour broadcasting. The result is a hollowed-out system with fewer journalists gathering original information while being required to produce more content faster than ever before. This has created a system where only 12% of stories are journalists' own work, and only 12% of key facts are effectively checked. The rise of news websites has exacerbated these problems, with speed becoming an obsession that further undermines accuracy. At BBC News Interactive, internal memos reveal that journalists are expected to publish breaking news within five minutes-simultaneously writing tickers, emails, four-paragraph summaries for Ceefax and the website, while supposedly "checking" facts. Full stories must follow within fifteen minutes.

第 4 章

The Wire Service Bottleneck

With newsrooms starved of resources yet pressured to produce ever more content, most rely heavily on wire services like the Press Association (PA) in the UK or Associated Press (AP) globally. Every major institution-from the Queen to government departments to corporations-delivers announcements through these agencies. Cardiff researchers found that 70% of home news stories in prestigious Fleet Street titles are wholly or partly rewritten from wire copy. Media outlets treat these agencies with such credibility that they rarely verify their information. BBC guidelines explicitly state that "the Press Association can be treated as a confirmed, single source"-a rare exception to their two-source rule. Journalists routinely "take it off the wires and knock it into shape" with minimal checking. Some even admit to cutting and pasting wire stories, slightly rewording them, then publishing them as their own work. Despite being honest in intent and efficient as a business, wire agencies are inadequate for their current role. As corporate owners dismantled networks of local journalists, PA attempted to fill the gap by increasing district staff from twenty to seventy reporters-nowhere near enough to replace thousands of lost local reporters. PA now covers vast regions with skeleton crews: just five reporters (including trainees) for Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria combined; four for Newcastle; three for Leeds and Yorkshire. This skeletal network has created vast blind spots in national news coverage. Court coverage has collapsed particularly dramatically. At the Old Bailey, PA's once-comprehensive staff covering eighteen courtrooms has been reduced to just two reporters. The Royal Courts of Justice, which once had twenty PA reporters, now has only five covering ninety-six courtrooms. Most of the country's eighty-two regional Crown courts and hundreds of magistrates' courts operate in complete media darkness. Local government has fallen even further off the media radar. PA once had specialist local government correspondents; now it has none. Not a single national newspaper employed a local government correspondent in the year before Davies's book was written, despite local councils collectively spending over 100 billion annually. Parliamentary coverage has similarly declined, with once-robust teams of gallery reporters vanishing.

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第 5 章

The PR Machine Takes Control

With newsrooms starved of resources, PR has rushed in to fill the void. Cardiff researchers found that over half of all news stories in Britain's five most prestigious papers showed clear signs of PR input-41% were directly initiated by PR or contained PR material, with another 13% showing PR influence that couldn't be definitively proven. The PR industry has exploded since the 1980s, just as journalism jobs were disappearing. Britain now has more PR professionals (47,800) than journalists (45,000), with many former reporters crossing over to PR. Corporate use of PR agencies skyrocketed from 28% of top companies in 1979 to 90% just five years later. Government PR spending increased 500% under Thatcher, from 27 million in 1979 to 150 million by 1988, with press officer numbers doubling during Conservative rule. Blair's government continued this trend, hiring 310 more press officers in its first two years and increasing annual press releases by 80% to 20,000 per year. By the 1990s, PR had infiltrated every level of public life-local government, police, health authorities, unions, churches, charities, and even paramilitary organizations. PR doesn't just insert favorable stories-it actively suppresses unfavorable ones. Cardiff researchers found that stories generated by PR were six times more likely to have "little or no news value" than stories without PR input. The crucial process of news judgment has been outsourced to people whose job is serving powerful interests. This suppression takes multiple forms. First, troublesome information simply isn't released-the police officer who wins a commendation gets a press release; the one caught drunk on duty doesn't. Second, when embarrassing information must be released, it's strategically timed to minimize coverage. The result is wholesale distortion. Even when PR content is factually accurate, it skews what makes the news, how stories are angled, and what gets suppressed. Local papers reproduce up to 96% of council press releases, often verbatim. National media are little better-The Times reprinted Ministry of Defence releases almost word-for-word, while the Daily Mail reproduced drug company announcements without additional reporting.

第 6 章

The Rules of Production: How Truth Gets Lost

Beyond structural weaknesses, news selection now operates by unwritten "rules of production" that have evolved to meet mass-production logistics. These rules generate content that claims objectivity while suffering three fatal flaws: arbitrary subject selection that distorts reality through systemic omission; routine use of unreliable or false claims; and the imprint of political and moral consensus reflecting only society's most powerful groups. The first rule demands selecting stories that are quick to cover and safe to publish-the cheapest options both short and long term. This discourages difficult investigations and favors simple, uncontentious stories. The second rule encourages journalists to favor factual statements that won't cause trouble, especially those attributed to official sources. The third rule extends beyond favoring official sources to showing deference to any organization or individual with power to harm news organizations. The fourth rule requires journalists to employ moral and political values that are "safe"-generally undeclared assumptions that reflect the surrounding consensus and thus avoid scrutiny. The fifth rule suggests balancing controversial content with opposing viewpoints. While appropriate for opinions, when applied to factual statements, it embodies neutrality that undermines truth-telling. As news organizations prioritize profit over journalism, additional rules emerge. The sixth rule demands giving audiences what they want rather than what they need to know. The seventh rule systematically drains detail from stories, clearing away complexity and context to reduce them to mere events. The eighth rule requires selecting ideas with commerce in mind, running stories that confirm rather than challenge readers' existing beliefs. The ninth rule compels media to participate in moral panics, especially involving death, where dissenters are hunted down and attacked. The tenth rule forces media to publish stories already widely reported elsewhere, regardless of merit-the "Ninja Turtle syndrome" where no outlet wants to stand alone. Together, these rules perfectly serve corporate news organizations where time-starved journalists survive by pursuing easy, sexy stories everyone else is running, reducing them to simplified events, framing them with safe ideas and facts, neutralizing with balance, and churning them out rapidly.

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第 7 章

Government Propaganda and Media Manipulation

The weakened media system has become increasingly vulnerable to manipulation by government propaganda operations. Since the September 2001 attacks, the US government and allies have constructed an ambitious "strategic communications" apparatus that actively manipulates media coverage through multiple sophisticated channels, including embedded journalism, controlled information releases, and coordinated messaging campaigns across various platforms. During the Iraq War, this system produced numerous fabrications from "official sources" that were widely disseminated through mainstream media outlets. These included detailed claims about Iraqi "terrorist death squads" targeting civilians, elaborate stories of troops using children as human shields and fighters, and dramatic accounts of Iraqi soldiers feigning surrender before launching attacks. Perhaps most notably, officials spread false narratives about Iraqi forces wearing US uniforms to commit atrocities. When Robert Fisk investigated claims about Iraqi artillery hitting Baghdad markets, his forensic evidence proved these were actually US missile fragments, directly contradicting official statements. The propaganda machine also generated false reports of mass Iraqi surrenders, premature victory claims about captured cities, fictional accounts of Basra uprisings, and carefully crafted smear campaigns linking Saddam Hussein to supposed Russian and French conspiracies. The Abu Musab al-Zarqawi story stands as a masterclass in modern propaganda manipulation. The campaign began with a strategically timed "selective leak" to the New York Times regarding a supposed Zarqawi letter outlining plans to ignite sectarian warfare in Iraq. General Kimmitt publicly endorsed the letter's authenticity while internal communications later revealed he knew it was part of a psychological operation. The military escalated the campaign through multiple channels: offering dramatic rewards for information, plastering areas with wanted posters, and creating playing cards featuring Zarqawi's image - similar to the infamous deck of cards featuring Iraqi leadership. Internal military documents later characterized this as "the most successful information campaign to date," explicitly designed to "villainize Zarqawi" and "leverage xenophobia" among the Iraqi population. Subsequent investigation revealed the narrative's fundamental deceptions: contrary to official claims, al-Qaeda was not directing the Iraqi insurgency, with intelligence estimates showing foreign fighters comprised less than 10% of insurgent forces. Furthermore, Zarqawi operated largely independently from bin Laden's organization, and the supposedly damning letter bore hallmarks of fabrication - written in sophisticated classical Arabic despite Zarqawi being nearly illiterate in the language. This pattern of media manipulation has deep historical roots, particularly during the Cold War when intelligence agencies systematically fabricated media stories to undermine adversaries. The CIA operated what was arguably the world's largest covert media organization, maintaining a network of more than eight hundred disguised "assets" across the globe. Through careful compartmentalization and front organizations, the agency developed the capability to fabricate news anywhere without revealing its involvement. This included ownership stakes in numerous international newspapers and strategic placement of operatives within major wire services, creating a global apparatus for information control that continues to influence modern propaganda techniques. The sophistication of these operations has only increased with digital technology, as government agencies now employ advanced data analytics, social media manipulation, and coordinated cross-platform campaigns to shape public perception on an unprecedented scale.

第 8 章

The Dark Arts: Fleet Street's Secret Methods

In March 2003, investigators raided private investigator Steve Whittamore's home, uncovering meticulous records of his illegal information trading with Fleet Street newspapers. The Information Commission discovered that 305 journalists had requested 13,343 items over three years, with 11,345 certainly or probably breaking data protection laws. These journalists paid well over half a million pounds for illegal access to confidential databases. The investigation revealed networks of information traders using both deception ("blagging") and bribery to extract data. Investigators found a Hell's Angel who posed as BT staff to obtain ex-directory numbers, a police civilian worker accessing Scotland Yard databases, DVLA employees selling celebrities' addresses, and various officials trading confidential information. Despite mounting four court cases against fourteen defendants across these networks, the legal efforts collapsed spectacularly. The judge pointedly asked why the journalists who commissioned these crimes weren't in the dock-a question that went unanswered. The Information Commission abandoned further prosecutions, citing prohibitive costs of battling Fleet Street's expensive QCs. In the end, not a single media figure faced charges. By the mid-1990s, Fleet Street employed dozens of agents to break the law on its behalf. The practice spread beyond tabloids to "quality" papers, with reporters using increasingly sophisticated technology, including "Trojan horse" emails to copy targets' hard drives, "mirror walls" to intercept communications, and specialized software to sort through phone numbers. The Press Complaints Commission, dominated by newspaper interests, has consistently resisted taking strong action. Even after News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for phone hacking in 2007, the PCC's investigation was extremely limited, ignoring widespread evidence that such practices were standard across Fleet Street. What began as the occasional indulgence of a few crime correspondents has become standard practice across most news organizations-organizations that hypocritically position themselves as truth-tellers while routinely lying about their own conduct.

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第 9 章

The Case of the Observer and Iraq War

The Observer newspaper's coverage of the Iraq War build-up serves as a compelling case study of how even the most respected publications can fall victim to government manipulation and institutional failure. In autumn 2002, Observer US correspondent Ed Vulliamy developed a crucial source that should have changed the narrative: Mel Goodman, a former senior CIA analyst with over two decades of experience who still maintained high-level security clearance. Goodman provided detailed evidence that directly contradicted the official narrative, revealing that CIA intelligence assessments consistently showed Saddam Hussein possessed no weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Vulliamy's persistence in pursuing this story was remarkable. He filed seven different versions over four months, each supported by additional sources and documentation. His reporting included specific details about how CIA analysts were being pressured to modify their assessments and how their professional opinions were being systematically ignored. The final draft, submitted just two weeks before the March 2003 invasion, was particularly damning. It meticulously documented how the Bush administration was "manipulating intelligence materials to make the case for war" through a systematic process of "cranking up" and "making fabricated additions to" CIA analysts' work. The story included named sources, verifiable documents, and clear evidence of intelligence manipulation. The Observer's decision to repeatedly suppress this reporting while simultaneously publishing numerous unverified claims about Iraq's alleged threats marked a stark departure from its journalistic traditions. The paper went beyond even other pro-war media outlets, publishing sensational stories about Iraqi threats that even the British government hadn't claimed. Some articles suggested direct links between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda, claims that had been explicitly rejected by intelligence services. This transformation of the Observer can be traced to specific institutional weaknesses. Editor Roger Alton, despite his experience in other areas, displayed a notable lack of sophistication in political matters. He increasingly deferred to political editor Kamal Ahmed, who had developed uncomfortably close relationships with key government figures, particularly Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's influential press secretary. These relationships created a direct channel for government messaging to influence the paper's coverage. The Observer's position as a respected left-wing publication made it particularly valuable to the government's war advocacy - its support could help convince skeptical Labour Party members who formed a core part of its readership. The January 19, 2003 editorial supporting war represented the culmination of this shift. The piece not only endorsed military action but did so in terms that went beyond even the government's public position, supporting intervention without UN Security Council approval. The editorial sparked unprecedented reader backlash, with longtime subscribers canceling subscriptions and prominent contributors distancing themselves from the paper. One reader's description of it as a "weaselly, disgraceful, morally and intellectually dishonest editorial" reflected widespread sentiment among the paper's traditional audience. This episode remains a cautionary tale about the vulnerability of media institutions to political pressure and the importance of maintaining editorial independence.

第 10 章

Hope Amidst the Ruins

What can be done about the media's failure as guardians of truth? In an ideal world, news organizations would be required to display accuracy ratings, annual "Flat Earth News awards" would shame the worst offenders, and media owners would be forced to provide adequate staffing and resurrect the network of front-line reporters that once covered the globe. Unfortunately, the problem isn't simply proprietors imposing editorial lines-it's a system running out of control, with commercial pressures overwhelming reporting requirements. A conspiracy could be broken, but this chaos is harder to control. Still, some hope exists. The Center for Public Integrity in the US operates as a non-profit, conducting tough investigations and distributing results freely. The BBC's public funding offers some protection against commercialization. And citizen journalists on the internet occasionally uncover important stories missed by mainstream media-as when bloggers revealed US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in Fallujah. The real promise of the internet isn't individuals beating mass media, but potentially liberating mass media from churnalism by slashing production costs. If these savings were recycled into newsrooms, we could reverse the vulnerability to Flat Earth news. But media owners have shown every sign of using electronic delivery merely to cut costs without investing in journalism. This matters deeply to our world. Commercial media creates a generation "brazenly materialistic, selfish, depoliticized and non-socially minded," serving as "the ideological linchpin of the globalizing market economy." The result is a political culture of "vacuous journalism and elections dominated by public relations," where "the market and commercial values overwhelm notions of democracy." Joseph Pulitzer's warning seems prophetic: "A cynical, mercenary, demagogic, corrupt press will produce in time a people as base as itself." The question remains whether we can still choose not to be persuaded by the Flat Earth news that surrounds us.

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《平地球新闻》核心主题

churnalism mechanics
media echo chambers
corporate newsroom decline
information verification crisis
propaganda dissemination

《平地球新闻》经典语录

Newspapers have turned into copy factories.
Commercial logic was ruthlessly applied to newsrooms.
Speed becoming an obsession that further undermines accuracy.
We totally miscalculated the degree of risk.
Governments now spend astronomical sums on enforcement policies that often increase harm.

《平地球新闻》主要人物

Nick DaviesVeteran Guardian journalist and author of the book
Peter de JagerExpert who raised early concerns about the Y2K bug
Rupert MurdochMedia mogul who moved UK papers to Wapping
Jay RosenMedia critic who reviewed the book's importance

关于作者

调查记者、《地球是平的：新闻业的谎言》（Flat Earth News）一书的作者尼克·戴维斯（Nick Davies），因其对媒体失职和体制腐败的开创性揭露而备受赞誉。作为《卫报》的前特约记者，戴维斯花了四十多年的时间调查新闻业、政治和企业权力中的系统性失败。他在《世界报》（News of the World）窃听丑闻中的报道揭露了鲁珀特·默多克旗下小报非法截获语音信箱的行为，这为他赢得了包括英国新闻奖年度记者奖和保罗·富特调查新闻奖在内的多项荣誉。

《地球是平的：新闻业的谎言》（2008年）是对主流媒体中谎言和宣传的严厉批评，该书结合了戴维斯严谨的调查方法和他职业生涯中的第一手见解。这本书获得了首届布里斯托尔思想节奖，书中指出结构性压力扭曲了全球的新闻报道。戴维斯的其他著名作品包括《黑客攻击》（Hack Attack，2014年），这是对默多克帝国垮台的权威记录，目前正由乔治·克鲁尼改编成电影。

作为一名广受欢迎的演讲者和教育家，戴维斯曾为世界各地的记者提供调查技术培训。他为英国独立电视台（ITV）的《行动中的世界》（World in Action）制作的纪录片以及与维基解密（WikiLeaks）的合作，进一步巩固了他作为现代监督式新闻关键人物的声誉。

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