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"It's not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6."
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"Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference."
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"Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom."
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"Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic."
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"The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses."
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"All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf."
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"The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander."
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"Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat."
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"Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child."
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"I had to go into a studio and compose and write and press up 12 songs in 14 hours. When you're recording a song from scratch it takes you 14 hours to do just one song."
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"We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us."
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"Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable."
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"Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic."
News

"The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job."
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"At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic."
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"When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket."
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"In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today."
Information

"If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air."
People

"If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved."
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"You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in."
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"Gossip is easy, politics is hard."
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