Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.
Ben BradleeI think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.
Ben BradleeI do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever seems to be the fad of the day.
Ben BradleeIt is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.
Ben Bradlee