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"Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening."

"All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up."

"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

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"The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views."

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"Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things."

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"An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day."
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