Walter Kirn

The fact is that censorship has to do with your ability to say things, not the place from which you listen to things.

The fact is that censorship has to do with your ability to say things, not the place from which you listen to things.

The fact is that censorship has to do with your ability to say things, not the place from which you listen to things.

Where does AP think the names of bodies of water come from? God? They're political designations. You know, a lot of these places in America have had three names. They had a name when we first got here. The American Indians named it something. Then the next group of settlers named it something else. And then when the place became a state, it was named something else. Uh,

Where does AP think the names of bodies of water come from? God? They're political designations. You know, a lot of these places in America have had three names. They had a name when we first got here. The American Indians named it something. Then the next group of settlers named it something else. And then when the place became a state, it was named something else. Uh,

Where does AP think the names of bodies of water come from? God? They're political designations. You know, a lot of these places in America have had three names. They had a name when we first got here. The American Indians named it something. Then the next group of settlers named it something else. And then when the place became a state, it was named something else. Uh,

It is government that gives names to large features of geography. If the AP wants to dispute that and has some other policy about names and where they come from, that's fine. But the fact is they decided to have a tantrum, and they got a tantrum back, and now they're crying.

It is government that gives names to large features of geography. If the AP wants to dispute that and has some other policy about names and where they come from, that's fine. But the fact is they decided to have a tantrum, and they got a tantrum back, and now they're crying.

It is government that gives names to large features of geography. If the AP wants to dispute that and has some other policy about names and where they come from, that's fine. But the fact is they decided to have a tantrum, and they got a tantrum back, and now they're crying.

Well, I live in Montana, about as far away from the White House briefing room as you can be. But as a younger journalist, when I first went to Washington, just after Bill Clinton was elected the first time, I did a story on the New Republic magazine, which was a very inside publication, very popular publication. with the Democratic establishment at the time.

Well, I live in Montana, about as far away from the White House briefing room as you can be. But as a younger journalist, when I first went to Washington, just after Bill Clinton was elected the first time, I did a story on the New Republic magazine, which was a very inside publication, very popular publication. with the Democratic establishment at the time.

Well, I live in Montana, about as far away from the White House briefing room as you can be. But as a younger journalist, when I first went to Washington, just after Bill Clinton was elected the first time, I did a story on the New Republic magazine, which was a very inside publication, very popular publication. with the Democratic establishment at the time.

And I hung around their offices for a few days. And everybody of note, cabinet people, top advisors of the president came through and gave off the record briefings. And as I sat there like a fly on the wall, I realized that the journalists were married to the press secretaries of the people in the administration. Everybody's kids went to school together.

And I hung around their offices for a few days. And everybody of note, cabinet people, top advisors of the president came through and gave off the record briefings. And as I sat there like a fly on the wall, I realized that the journalists were married to the press secretaries of the people in the administration. Everybody's kids went to school together.

And I hung around their offices for a few days. And everybody of note, cabinet people, top advisors of the president came through and gave off the record briefings. And as I sat there like a fly on the wall, I realized that the journalists were married to the press secretaries of the people in the administration. Everybody's kids went to school together.

They gathered that night at parties and bars. They were, in fact, one social group, a very tight knit social group. And I completely agree with you that proximity can become a form of corruption because as a journalist, when you're socializing with people, you're constantly hearing things that you can't report.

They gathered that night at parties and bars. They were, in fact, one social group, a very tight knit social group. And I completely agree with you that proximity can become a form of corruption because as a journalist, when you're socializing with people, you're constantly hearing things that you can't report.

They gathered that night at parties and bars. They were, in fact, one social group, a very tight knit social group. And I completely agree with you that proximity can become a form of corruption because as a journalist, when you're socializing with people, you're constantly hearing things that you can't report.

And after a while, you're living in a world where you know way more than you are allowed to tell your audience. And that makes you part of them, in other words. That's right. You're keeping their secrets more than you're telling their secrets. And your job is to tell their secrets.

And after a while, you're living in a world where you know way more than you are allowed to tell your audience. And that makes you part of them, in other words. That's right. You're keeping their secrets more than you're telling their secrets. And your job is to tell their secrets.