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If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.

Ben Bradlee

As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.
BEN BRADLEE

Jobs Lying Running
If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.
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Journalism May Robbing
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
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Administration Pressure Running
In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, “It’s not a perfect world.”
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Men Perfect World
Our best today; better tomorrow.
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Better Today Tomorrow
There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
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Jobs Journalism World
The first rough draft of history.
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Drafts Firsts Journalism Rough
There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
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Always Country Everywhere Leaks
Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
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Faces Graves Tape
The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
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Body People Politics
I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I’m not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever seems to be the fad of the day.
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Fall Trying Worry
Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That’s just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.
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Given Motive Newspapers
I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it wasn’t that many. We talked about friends, family and of course girls.
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Girl Numbers People
Generals who can write always make me nervous.
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Always General Nervous Writing
It’s very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don’t seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.
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Editors Government National People Security
To hell with news! I’m no longer interested in news. I’m interested in causes. We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true.
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Causes News People

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