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The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them in relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act.
Walter Lippmann
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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
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New York City
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I demand from you in the name of your principles the rights which I shall deny to you later in the name of my principles.
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The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. He musses up what had been so tidily arranged.
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Freedom to speak... can be maintained only by promoting debate.
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