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"It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself."
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"An independent newspaper? It is a newspaper that looks nothing like a newspaper."
"What is odd is not that so many of the iconic news photos of the past, including some of the best-remembered pictures from the Second World War, appear to have been staged. It is that we are surprised to learn they were staged and always disappointed."
"Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times."
"Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media."
"I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue."
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"I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think."
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"I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures."
"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines."
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