People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

Quote by Lewis H Lapham

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The supply of government exceeds demand.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking...

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent....

$Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent....$

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

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...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...