Amanda Bennett Quotes
It's a time of great uncertainty, but we are focused on doing great journalism for ourselves because we want to and for our readers because they deserve it.
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I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive.
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In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
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Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
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It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.
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We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.
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People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.
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Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.
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Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
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You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.
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No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.
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A career in journalism suddenly lost its appeal.
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The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.
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Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.
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It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.
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What joins the Americans one to another is not a common ancestry, language or race, but a shared work of the imagination that looks forward to the making of a future, not backward to the insignia of the past. Their enterprise is underwritten by a Constitution that allows for the widest horizons of sight and the broadest range of expression, supports the liberties of the people as opposed to the ambitions of the state, and stands as premise for a narrative rather than plan for an invasion or a monument. The narrative was always plural; not one story, many stories.
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I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.
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I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.
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It's a time of great uncertainty, but we are focused on doing great journalism for ourselves because we want to and for our readers because they deserve it.
