“You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.”

— Carl Bernstein

Watergate journalist says media losing public's trust, 2005-04-16, Lawrence Journal-World, Dave Ranney, 2007-03-28 http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/apr/16/watergate_journalist_says/,

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