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One of our worst traits in journalism is that when we have a narrative in our minds, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it. Thus we managed to portray President Gerald Ford, a first-rate athlete, as a klutz.
Nicholas Kristof
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
Felix Adler
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Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?
William Hague
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In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.


Tina Brown
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I personally think honestly disclosing rather than hiding one's subjective values makes for more honest and trustworthy journalism. But no journalism - from the most stylistically 'objective' to the most brazenly opinionated - has any real value unless it is grounded in facts, evidence, and verifiable data.
Glenn Greenwald
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Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.
Dan Rather
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In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situation case by case and always pay close attention to the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.
Steven Seagal
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First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.
Amy Ryan
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In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.


Ellen Goodman
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Henry David Thoreau
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict - which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
Noam Chomsky
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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
Dan Rather
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Order is heaven's first law.


Alexander Pope
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.


Walt Whitman
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I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women.
Vijay Kumar
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The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.
Francois Englert
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I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.
Gilda Radner
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Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.
Charles Lederer
If we're talking about someone creating something new, those rights are fairly well defined (in the United States, at least) under existing copyright law. But then there's often discussion about the rights of people who produce works under work-for-hire arrangements, which can be far more subtle and nuanced.
Chris Roberson
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