On Sunday（星期日）/ˈsʌndeɪ/, reporter（记者）/ri'pɒ:tә/ Nina received a photograph（照片）/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːfs/ from outside the Eastport Embassy（大使馆）/'embәsi/. It showed a female（女性）/'fi:meil/ student with a bloody cheek（脸颊）/tʃi:k/ beside a fallen statue（雕像）/'stætju/ and an anchor（锚）/'æŋkә/. Ten（十）/tɛn/ people stood near a pan（平锅）/pæn/ of emergency food. The proposed headline（大标题）/'hedlain/ said, “Independence（独立）/.indi'pendәns/ Protest Turns Rude（粗鲁无礼的）/ru:d/.” Due to（由于）/du tɪ/ a recent hurricane（飓风）/'hә:rikәn/, however, the setting was confused. Nina would not abandon（放弃）/ә'bændәn/ precise（精确的）/pri'sais/ reporting merely to fill the front column（专栏）/'kɒlәm/.
The photograph's description（描述）/di'skripʃәn/ contained identical（同一的）/ai'dentikәl/ remarks（评论）/ri'mɑ:k/ from two media（媒体）/ˈmidiə/ accounts, including the same unusual spelling and pronunciation（发音）/prəˌnənsiˈeɪʃən/ guide. Nina suspected one edition（版本）/i'diʃәn/ had copied the other. A handwritten note entitled（给...权利）/in'taitl/ the sender to payment, but did not establish ownership（所有权）/'әunәʃip/. She examined every item（物品）/ˈaɪtəm/: rugby（橄榄球）/'rʌ^bi/ and soccer（英式足球）/'sɒkә/ shirts from a nearby dormitory（宿舍）/'dɒ:mitәri/, an embassy flag, and a stone marked 200 BC（公元前）/bc/. None proved that a political discussion（讨论）/dɪˈskʌʃn/ had become a violent disagreement（不合）/.disә'gri:mәnt/.
Editor Marcus said, 男“Anyhow（无论如何）/'enihau/, the shot（射击）/ʃɑt/ has enormous（巨大的）/i'nɒ:mәs/ force, and a dramatic spin（旋转）/spin/ may convince（使确信）/kәn'vins/ readers to care.” Nina replied, 女“Our agreement（协议）/əˈgrimənt/ cannot ease（安乐）/i:z/ the duty to distinguish（区别）/dis'tiŋgwiʃ/ appearance from fact.” Marcus made a contrary（相反）/'kɒntrәri/ remark, then accepted a compromise（妥协）/'kɒmprәmaiz/: she had thirty minutes to verify the scene.
Telephone communication（沟通）/kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən/ led Nina to the student. Her inner（内部的）/'inә/ memory was clear: the hurricane had knocked the statue down, and she cut her cheek while helping to lift it. The embassy had not banned（禁止）/bæn/ a protest; it had opened its courtyard as a shelter. The anchor held a temporary roof in place. Rugby and soccer players carried food from the dormitory. Volunteers served one meal per（每）/pə/ person before allowing leisure（空闲）/'li:ʒә/ activities. A rescue worker's outstanding（杰出的）/.aut'stændiŋ/ introduction（引言）/ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən/ at the scene had been removed from the cropped shot.
Nina wrote a new summary（摘要）/'sʌmәri/ and a truthful headline: “Students Rescue Monument after Hurricane.” The newspaper credited the photographer and clarified ownership before publication. It also printed the witness's exact expression（表达）/ɪkˈsprɛʃən/ rather than correcting her regional pronunciation. One detail（细节）/ˈdiːteɪl/ in her handwriting（笔迹）/ˈhænˌdraɪtɪŋ/ matched the original message. As the saying（叙述）/'seiiŋ/ goes, a picture can mislead as easily as words. The final edition included one abstract（抽象的）/'æbstrækt/ question about independence, but did not pretend politics caused the accident. Readers responded with sympathy（同情）/'simpәθi/; the correction did not annoy（使恼怒）/ә'nɒi/ them. Careful examination turned disagreement into useful discussion and showed that responsible media must truly（真实地）/'tru:li/ report a remarkable（不平常的）/ri'mɑ:kәbl/ image without letting its surface story become the truth.