“A journalist has a right… …and a duty, to destroy the golden calves he helps create.”

— Chuck Palahniuk , book Haunted

Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 5, Trade Secrets, A Poem About the Earl of Slander

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[Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressional Record, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2006-12-06/html/CREC-2006-12-06-pt2-PgH8798-3.htm, Honoring the Contributions and Life of Edward R. Bradley, H8798-H8800; Volume 152, Number 133, December 6, 2006, United States House of Representatives , printed by the United States Government Printing Office]
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“A journalist has a right… …and a duty, to destroy the golden calves he helps create.”

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