If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.

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ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who...

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and...

I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...