It also said operators waste time repeating questions and use inconsistent questioning procedures.

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Many reporters have also been determined to avoid repeating the passive path taken by many colleagues before the Iraq war, when tough questions were not asked.

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As long as you mix up the order, give different examples or thread elements of their questions through your message points, most reporters will never notice that you are repeating yourself.

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As well as repeating certain familiar commonplaces and negotiating certain familiar taboos, participants in inter-faith gatherings do sometimes run into real questions, that make a difference to the world at large.

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