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I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents.

Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. You want to linger as long as possible.

The first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world.

The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.

I'd like to be a song and dance man.

Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.