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Front Row at the Trump Show QUOTES

1 " It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment. If we can't speak out, if we cannot challenge those in power, there is no guaranteeing the rights that follow. "

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2 " I've tried to deserve the privilege the best I can,' John McCain] said. 'And I've been repaid one thousand times over with adventures and good company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself, of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of America. And I am so grateful. "

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3 " In a situation like that, it is the reporter's responsibility either to get an answer or to demonstrate that the politicians are ignoring the questions. "

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4 " I didn't become a reporter to dutifully record the words of the people in power. I became a reporter, in part, to hold those in power accountable. "

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5 " The proliferation of news outlets and the democratization of information through the internet gives Americans the power to be more informed than ever, but it also makes it easier for us to feast on a diet of information that echoes and never challenges our biases and our beliefs. This deepens our divisions and makes them more difficult to overcome. "

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6 " In fact, the Justice Department argued, the president could ban the entire press corps from the White House: “No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House.” As a reporter who has covered the White House on and off for two decades, I thought this was a terrifying argument, and it was especially disturbing that it was being made by the US Department of Justice on behalf of the president. "

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7 " And, as a reporter, sometimes you need to fight back. If the president declares real stories fake, the record must be corrected. If a president attempts to block reporters from covering the work of his administration, we need to fight back. If a president attempts to use the tools of law enforcement to target reporters for doing their jobs, reporters and news organizations need to fight back. "

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8 " When a source speaking off the record lies to me, the implicit agreement between reporter and source has been violated. It is no longer off the record. "

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9 " What am I supposed to do,” I asked, “hail a taxi at the Mexico City airport and say, ‘Take me to Donald Trump’? "

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10 " KARL: I’m pretty convinced he was born in the United States. And now Trump thinks he’s got me. I’ve admitted that I’m only “pretty convinced” that Barack Obama is a natural-born citizen! "

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11 " KARL: He put out his birth certificate! "

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12 " How do you report on a president who will look you in the eye and tell you something he knows is not true? How do you maintain standards of fairness and objectivity when reporting on somebody who has branded you a traitor to your own country? "

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13 " I said, you know that is getting tired, why are you doing this—you’re doing it over and over and it’s boring,” Stahl said, recounting the moment at a journalism forum in May 2018. “He said you know why I do it? I "

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14 " it to discredit you all and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me "

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15 " do it to discredit you all and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you. "

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16 " If people believe the news is fake, they won’t believe the negative stories. If people believe the press is the opposition party, news stories are seen as no more trustworthy than political attack ads. "

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17 " Kessler is a tireless and fair journalist who does not shy from calling out untruths uttered by either Democrats or Republicans. By mid-2019, Kessler’s team had documented more than ten thousand false or misleading statements by the president—an ignominious record unlikely to be matched by any other public figure. "

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18 " As former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, ' You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts. "

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19 " the president himself told Lesley Stahl, the reason he goes after the press is that he wants to be able to cast doubt on genuine reporting. Negative story? What do you expect from the opposition party? As reporters, we make that strategy destructively effective if we act like the opposition. "

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20 " Monday after John McCain died. I showed up for work and noticed that the flag over the White House was not at half-staff. Why would the flag not be at half-staff following the death of someone widely seen as an American hero? "

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