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 BRADLEEAs 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 BRADLEEThe Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
BEN BRADLEEIt changes your life, the pursuit of truth.
BEN BRADLEEThose [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
BEN BRADLEEIf an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.
BEN BRADLEEHire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
BEN BRADLEEMore likely to mean the security or the personal happiness of the guy who is telling you something.
BEN BRADLEEThe first rough draft of history.
BEN BRADLEEI never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
BEN BRADLEEIn the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, “It’s not a perfect world.”
BEN BRADLEENothing’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.
BEN BRADLEEIt’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.
BEN BRADLEEThere is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
BEN BRADLEEThe biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.
BEN BRADLEEI 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.
BEN BRADLEENational security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law talks about anyone who endangers the security of the United States is going to go to jail.
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