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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter's "ripoff" press conference restored my faith that at least there was one person willing to take a stand for the millions of Americans these oil prices will concern most...
FANS is only a small fiefdom in Nader's consumerism empire, which includes more than a dozen Washington-based organizations, scores of staff members and an annual budget of $1 million, raised in public donations that average about $15 per person. Among the better-known groups...
MANY REPORTERS have forgotten the utilitarian motive of the off-the-record tool and wind up confusing the ends with the means. Until some sort of agreement is struck between the reporter and the source, a person doesn't have a "right" not to be quoted. If you don't want it in the press, don't say it. The reporter's first priority is to inform the reader of what is going on in the world; portecting his sources remains a secondary consideration. Only when the latter aids the former should the reporter start worrying about whom to quote...
...read some of the fan mail -- and I'm laying all my cards on the table -- I'd like to thank Columbia's Leo de Lion, who picks the weekly Ivy contests from Morningside Heights, for presenting me with the 1977 Leo de Lion award, given annually to that person whose Ivy football prognostications and wit come closest to matching...
Schorr's final, and most serious, mistake was his initial attempt to hide his own identity as the person responsible for the report's release. Schorr said he intended to write an introduction and commentary to accompany the report, thinking that others in the media, particularly The New York Times, were also planning to release the document. When he realized that he possessed the only copy, he decided on anonymity to protect his source. "I should have perceived that to make an act of disclosure a covert act in itself was a very serious mistake," Schorr said...