I think we should be alarmed, watchful, and, as journalists, rigorous and fearless. I think we should be alert.
David RemnickThere is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.
David RemnickWe run all kinds of ads, as long as they are clearly marked as advertising when there's ever a question. I think advertising is advertising. If it's 100 percent clear what it is, then, with certain exceptions, I can live with that.
David RemnickClearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.
David RemnickThe question for so many is the quality of work, the future of work under globalism and de-industrialization. A typical example is a person who had a good factory job making 80,000 dollars, with health insurance, who was able to send his kids possibly to college and then he or she suddenly loses that job because the factory closed down. And now that same person is bagging groceries at Walmart and making $35,000.
David Remnick