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"The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know."
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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
Policy
"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."
Journalism
"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
Government
"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."
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"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."
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"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."
Government
"Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives."
People
"People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?"
People
"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."
Doubt
"I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us."
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"Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening."
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"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."
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"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."
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"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."
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"It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong."
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"Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing."
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"Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous."
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"And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes."
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"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."
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"I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit."
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