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Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
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Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
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