The most powerful man in America is President. But the most powerful man in Washington is the doorman at the White House.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Symbolic Power
S
Technology Misuse
T
The press must learn that misguided use of a computer is no more amazing than drunk driving of an automobile.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Absence of Truth
A
The truth is like oxygen. You can tell when it’s not there.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Financial Trails
F
Follow the money, always follow the money.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Disregarding Truth
D
They tried to make the truth irrelevant.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Documentary Evidence
D
Sometimes the key to the whole story is just one document.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Journalism Ethics
J
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the President’s Men
Totalitarian Systems
T
The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power.
Eric Schlosser – Fast Food Nation
Revealing Diet
R
A nation’s diet can be more revealing than its art or literature.
Eric Schlosser – Fast Food Nation
Daily Visits
D
On any given day in the United States, about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant.
Eric Schlosser – Fast Food Nation