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There is simply no telling in advance which of us will stumble upon true news and valuable thought. The dirty secret of our business is that we are not, after all, journalists, only scavengers.
— The New York Times, Editorial (1981)

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Editorial. "The Dirty Secret of Journalism", The New York Times, The New York Times Company, April 10, 1981, pp. Page A30, Column 2.