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Quote by Conrad Black

“We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The profession is heavily cluttered with aged hacks toiling through a miasma of mounting decrepitude and often alcoholism, and even more so with arrogant and abrasive youngsters who substitute 'commitment' for insight. The product of their impassioned intervention in public affairs is more often confusion than lucidity.”

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Conrad Black

Conrad Black, born on August 25, 1944, is a Canadian entrepreneur, publisher, and politician. He was the publisher of The National Post and The Canadian Press, and was active in the political scenes in Canada and the United Kingdom. Black is known for his business success and the controversies surrounding his political stance. more

“Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock his brain, he invites onrushing deadlines to trample him flat. Broadcasting the contents of empty minds is what most of us do most of the time, and nobody more relentlessly than I.”

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Book:There's a Country in My Cellar

Source: There's a Country in My Cellar

“... It was the idea of facing a future skimming the surface of life, winging my way in and out of other people's crises, confusions, and passages, engaging them enough to get the story, but never enough to be indelibly touched by what I had seen or heard.”

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Book:Object Lessons: One True Thing ; Black and Blue

Source: Object Lessons: One True Thing ; Black and Blue

“The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.”

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Author:Alexander Cockburn

“New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to the needs of the area and particularly the customers. Great progress is being made to improve Oxford Street and make it a great destination.”