Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.