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Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power read more
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and
muzzled the politicians.
Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it read more
Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the read more
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
Journalism is in fact history on the run.
Journalism is in fact history on the run.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how read more
We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.