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April 10, 1934
American
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Journalist
&
Author
April 10, 1934
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
If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable.
David Halberstam
He was perceived to be intellectually promiscuous, a little too eager to please all groups.
David Halberstam
The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function.
David Halberstam
Everyone else was trying to make things more complicated and Cronkite, typically, was trying to make them more simple.
David Halberstam
They (the media) found little quality of depth to him, that when she said on the platform with that which he said to them in private. The qualities of introspection and reflectiveness that they particularly treasured were missing.
David Halberstam
When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job.
David Halberstam
Education was central to reporting.
David Halberstam
This was the mark of an uncommon soldier, someone whose courage away from the battlefield was the same as that on it.
David Halberstam
He never, even in the most casual conversation with friends, spoke a sentence which did not sound as if it was ready for the air.
David Halberstam
The networks at their worst (were) at once greedy and timid.
David Halberstam