A Town Plagued By Water

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On the other hand, Alexander Nazaryan's article "A Town Plagued by Water" is an example of why research and fact-checking is essential to investigative reporting. His piece summarizes the research of Dan Fagin's book, aside from his point of view and a research from Jonathan Harr, "A Civil Action." As can be seen, without Fagin's research and fact checking, Nazaryan would not have used Fagin's book as a source for this article. Also, Narzaryan knew Fagin's work was valid and detailed. Additionally, he thought it proved what he wanted to express, which is how a town plagued by water affected a whole community. Nazaryan expresses that "Waterborne destruction has visited Toms River before, albeit via less conspicuous channels, which Dan Fagin

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