消息即出，外界反映激烈。 调查公司雇佣的人员使用了借用虚假理由获取个人信息的 “假托”手段（pretexting），即在该事件中获得董事会成员及九名记者的电话记录。

The investigators used sub-contractors who engaged in “pretexting”: the use of false pretences to obtain personal information—in this case, the telephone records of board members and nine journalists.

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它们反对健康警示的理由是虚假的，不应当予以相信。

The arguments they use against health warnings are false and should not be relied upon.

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而当我们说惯了那些虚假的理由的时候，我们可能也会开始相信这些谎言。

And when we say those false reasons enough, we might even start to believe them ourselves.

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