Quote by Norman Mailer
Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even

Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891

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The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination. – Akbar S. Ahmed

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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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

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