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I mean, I think everybody in the world, all the young people in the world, went to journalism school and wanted to investigate everything. And I think they overdid it. I think that you have to investigate things, you have to e skeptical, but you shouldn't be vengeful. You have to be fair and you have to be careful.

Katharine Graham

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Katharine Graham
Age: 84 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 16
Died: 2001
Died: July 17
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