Unfortunately Mr Shoesmith has already provided evidence of a preconceived bias in his investigation from an earlier
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As I think I've said already, what I need to do is prove that pilots are flying more hours than ever before (one estimate I've been given is that it's 30% higher than it was a decade ago) but I don't have the hard stats, and they're proving difficult to obtain. any ideas, anybody?
You should use your investigation to collect the 'hard stats' and use these to come to a conclusion, not decide you need to 'prove' something and then search for the stats to back up what you decided in advance what you need to prove. Unfortunate, as this slip of the tongue fatally taints what could be considered to be an impartial investigation by a reputable news organisation on a subject that really needs to be discussed in public. Dodgy dossier?