The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.
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The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever.John Gunther
There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.
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One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.
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What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time.
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