‘Do More with Less’ is the constant refrain of the bosses on The Baltimore Sun in Not for Attribution, the third episode of the fifth series of The Wire on FX.
As experienced journalists prepare to clear their desks as victims of the newspaper’s budget cuts, ambitious young reporter Scott Templeton (Tom McCarthy) is ready to do more with less – by making up a quote in an effort to impress.
But it’s not only at the paper that standards are slipping. Despite warnings from Bunk, McNulty is upping his efforts to convince the press that there’s a serial killer at work as he tries to get more money for the police budget so that he can go after serious cases like Marlo.
If that’s not enough to be thinking about, Omar’s on his way back – and he’s got a lot on his mind. Where’s it all going to end?
