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"Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred."
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"You shouldn't presume that all quotes that are in a magazine or a newspaper are accurate."
"But newspapers have a duty to truth,' Van said.Lev clucked his tongue. 'They tell the truth only as the exception. Zola wrote that the mendacity of the press could be divided into two groups: the yellow press lies every day without hesitating. But others, like the Times, speak the truth on all inconsequential occasions, so they can deceive the public with the requisite authority when it becomes necessary.'Van got up from his chair to gather the cast-off newspapers. Lev took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. 'I don't mean to offend the journalists; they aren't any different from other people. They're merely the megaphones of the other people."
"I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events."
"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."
"I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department."
"Journalism as theater is what TV news is."
"Fantasy should be as close as possible to journalism."
"The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind."
"Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it."
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"The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals."
"Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law."
"Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point."
"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
"I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print."
"The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies."
"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."
"I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return."
"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
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