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The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Present
Democracy
Journalism
Western
Crisis

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