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Over the next decade, a few journalists would regret their failure to expose firsthand evidence of Hoover’s penchant for spy vendettas above public service. (“I didn’t do my job,” recalled David Kraslow of the Los Angeles Times. “I should have blown the thing sky high, but I didn’t.”)
Taylor Branch • At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68

Walter Lippmann, for example, wrote in 1920: “There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.”
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
As the meeting commenced, the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany put up another proposition, this one demanding the immediate suspension of Rey Diaz’s position as Wallfacer and his trial before the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity. The US representative declared, “After substantial investigation, we believe
... See moreCixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, who suggested that President Barack Obama would declare martial law and cancel the 2016 elections to remain in power. There was also National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (who was quickly fired), notorious for retweeting stories linking Hillary Clinton to child sex trafficking.
Anna Merlan • Republic of Lies
Foege had resigned after that. “The fact that they would risk the lives of children—it just bothered me so much,” he said. He later regretted his decision and wished that instead he had forced them to fire him, as it would have made more of a stink. The Reagan administration must have noticed the possibility. After Foege resigned, the White House c
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Russert, like Cramer, when exposed as complicit in the dissemination of misinformation, attempted to portray himself as an innocent victim, as did New York Times reporter Judy Miller, who, along with her colleague Michael Gordon, worked largely as stenographers for the Bush White House during the propaganda campaign to invade Iraq. Once the adminis
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Moses had determined to hound from the state park organization a group of elderly men whose only crime was their refusal to allow him to exercise unbridled power in that organization and to remove them from control of the park they loved, the park that one of them had created, the park to which they had
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Power Broker
