"We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege."

-- Upton Sinclair

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“Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions.”
“About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next to the one I'm fretting.”
“'Algebra' roughly translates to 'the system for reconciling disparate parts.'”
“And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They can't silence it nationally, but they are able to do it there.”

Source : "LA Times Fires Longtime Progressive Columnist Robert Scheer". "Democracy NOW!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 14, 2005.
“I won't admit or deny anything...makes me more interesting.”
“I was always reading those beauty magazines and wanting to become this unattainable thing.”
“The day I pitch, I feel confident I can stop the other team.”
“Poetry in motion walking by my side, her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide.”

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