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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Run Silent, Run Cheap-Shot



One of my all time great quotes is from General William Tecumseh Sherman, formerly U.S. Army, on journalists. It is pretty close to this: "I think we should kill them all. If we did though, there would be news out of hell before breakfast."
Regards, MArk Steed

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From: MerlinSub@t-online.de (Carsten Standfuss)
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date:  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:18:30 +0100

>Hey - Thats a good way ! :-) Carsten
>
>Jonathan Wallace schrieb:
>> 
>> After spending 13 years in local politics, I can assure you I know a
>> little bit about the press.  My first rule was not to do any interviews
>> over the phone.  I required all questions be put in writing, and then
>> I answered in writing.  That way I had a record of the transaction.
>> It was amazing how much more accurate articles got after I instituted
>> this policy.
>> 
>> Jon
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