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The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. – Carl Bernstein

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The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. – Carl Bernstein

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Television
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Carl Bernstein
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The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most peoples lives – has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. – Carl Bernstein

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Truth
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Carl Bernstein
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The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you. – C.E.M. Joad

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Being a reporter is as much a diagnosis as a job description. – Anna Quindlen

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The only reason this country is different from any place else is that once in a great while, this huge, snobbish, generally untalented news reporting business stops covering stories of interest only to itself and actually serves the public. – Jimmy Breslin

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News is history shot on the wing. – Gene Fowler, Skyline

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