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American - Editor August 26, 1921 - October 21, 2014

You never monkey with the truth.

Truth You Never Monkey

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

Never Himself Proof Could

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism.

Good Journalism Someone Out

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

Flood Like Champagne Potomac

I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.

Credit Give Lot Whole

I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

Good Problems Know Who

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.

Truth Think Strange Devotion

It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.

Day Find Wrong Half

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

Think Just Because Lazy More

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

People Difference Newspaper Far

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

Pressure Run Second Administration

The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right.

Tough Story Decide Us

There have been as many investigative reporters on this newspaper working on Clinton's many problems as I can remember there were working on Watergate.

Problems Remember I Can Newspaper

They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.

Story About Momentum Cut

We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right.

Mistake Real Only Right

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.

Right About Jury Grand

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.

Good Today News Good News

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