Quotes by David Halberstam, The Powers That Be

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All professions have some element of theater to them. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Hughes might discuss Calvinism ably, but he did not live it, he was—by Time corporate standards—just a little lazy. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Bobby Kennedy said that when he had been a boy there were three major influences on children – the home, the church, and — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Newspapers might have as much to do in shaping the course of public events as politicians, — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
If the norm of the society is corrupted, then objective journalism is corrupted too, for it must not challenge the norm. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Education was central to reporting. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Until he (Time's founder Henry Luce) arrived, news was crime and politics. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Lippmann was very good at staying young, at not aging and becoming a prisoner of his past experiences. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
They (the media) found little quality of depth to him, that when she said on the platform with that which he said to the — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
The closer journalists came to great issues, the more vulnerable they felt. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
He was "more passionate than most intelligent men, and more intelligent and reasoned than most passionate men. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
(I. F. Stone had once called it an exciting paper to read because you never knew on what page you would find a page-one — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Everyone else was trying to make things more complicated and Cronkite, typically, was trying to make them more simple. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
The telephone was a sign of being rushed. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
he knew, unlike most reporters, how to use pauses and the absence of words as effectively as the words themselves. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
he was so obsessed by the action in front of him that he had no awareness of the growing reaction to his performance. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
Young man, Mr. Aubrey has made us so rich that we can now afford to worry about our image. — David Halberstam, The Powers That Be