The press club members were influential in the sense that most people tended to believe whatever news they spread.
Naturally, there have been those who spread fake or incorrect news for various purposes. The school personally took actions to sanction those students and disband their clubs.
They were also forbidden from joining any other clubs till their graduation. To be more specific, the ones who took action were the directors of the clubs' department of the Academy.
As such, not many dared to publish fake news for any reason of any sort.
The press club members have a reputation for going to great lengths in order to get their information.
Some students avoided them because they feared any personal information or secrets being exposed. Due to this most of the press club members hid their identities.
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