Quotes by Ben Bradlee

Ben Bradlee

American journalist

Lived from: 1921 - 2014

Category: Media

Born: 26 august 1921 Died: 21 october 2014

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  • If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism.
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  • Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • They certainly did. They tried to make her look like a "nut case" and they succeeded to some extent.
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  • They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.
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  • We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.
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What are the most famous quotes from Ben Bradlee?

The two most famous quotes from Ben Bradlee are:

  • "If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism."
  • "Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there."

When did Ben Bradlee live?

Ben Bradlee was born in 1921 and died in the year 2014.