If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.
Ron SuskindThe media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.
Ron SuskindWhen you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.
Ron SuskindRapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.
Ron Suskind