"There is a famous if apocryphal tale of a Fleet Street theater critic covering the first night of a new play in the West End of London.
At the end of the evening, he went to a public telephone and dictated his review. The following morning, a furious editor called him and demanded to know why he had neglected to mention that, midway through the Third Act, the theater had caught fire and burned to the ground.
The critic sniffily replied that it was not his business to report fires"
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