#510 flotsam

flotsam- wreckage from a ship found floating, as opposed to jetsam which has been thrown out

C16 from Anglo-French floteson, from floter to float

And I’d argue that his ability to nose out a story and piece it together from all the flotsam and jetsam is just what we’ve been missing in national journalism.

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