We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that they will not be able to build a valuable journalistic brand without good journalism, which is expensive. This creates a chasm between us that admittedly will be very hard to bridge ... Our job is not to give the public what they think they want because what they want changes or is wrong. Look at how it changed after 911. Before 911 the public was less interested, according to every survey, in Islam or international news. After 911, they asked, 'How come you didn't tell us more about Islam and what was going on' What the public wants is more about Brad and Angelina.
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