Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.

布鲁克斯女士可能怀疑过她的记者们是如何得到这些报道的，也可能没有，但她没有问过任何问题，没有给出任何指示，也没有收到可追溯的、有记录的答案。