The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
BEN BRADLEE
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The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
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Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
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Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
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Nothing’s riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys f-k up again, I’m gonna get mad.
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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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