You might be saying "they said this", but what your audience reads is "this is true".

To take a recent example:

"A renowned firefighter says that bushfires have mostly been caused by arsonists, exacerbated by conservationists protesting harm reduction burns, resulting in an exceptional fire season this year."

"A renowned firefighter says that climate change has reduced the safe period to perform harm reduction burns, and has contributed to drought conditions, resulting in an exceptional fire season this year."

These are both facts. But which one you report on will give your audience an entirely differently picture of the situation.