Leonard Downie, Jr. Quotes

• In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other efforts to control information are the most aggressive I've seen since the Nixon administration, when I was one of the editors involved in The Washington Post's investigation of Watergate.

  Leonard Downie, Jr.

  War, Government, Editors

  "The Obama Administration and the Press" by Leonard Downie Jr., cpj.org. October 10, 2013.

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• The more competition and the more voices - that's why I love bloggers and anything else the Internet can produce in the way of new news voices.

  Leonard Downie, Jr.

  Voice, Competition, Way

  Source: www.pbs.org

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