User talk:Davidelms

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Speedy deletion nomination of Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
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Sorry, you didn't get there first
I'm afraid Wikipedia requires verifiability as well as a good story, and it seems others said this long before you - e.g. on this website we read:
 * “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story” (sometimes given with “truth” replacing the word “facts") is something that seems either from Texas or Hollywood (or a bit of both). The phrase dates from at least 1940.


 * Folklorist J. Frank Dobie is sometimes credited with this phrase, but this has not been verified with documentary evidence. Delbert Trew (another Texas folklorist) has claimed: “I never let the truth stand in the way of a good story”

and on this one:


 * "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story" a wise man once told me. That wise man was Beatles spin-doctor, the late Derek Taylor.

Google finds plenty more. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)