Editorial Quotes

[In August 1966 the Post 's owner, Katharine Graham, discussed the war with a writer in line to take charge of the newspaper's editorial page.] We agreed that the Post ought to work its way out of the very supportive editorial position it had taken, but that we couldn't be precipitate; we had to move away gradually from where we had been... be precipitate. - Katharine Graham

[He answers that question, both in the editorial and in the interview.] I hope the Palestinians have the same courage (Sharon) has shown now... The communities should live in peace. - Elie Wiesel

[Cunningham noted the same problem:] The Ivy League elites and East Coast editorial writers... simply refuse to believe that to most Americans-most of whom don't have over-priced degrees-faith, family and traditional values are far more important than making friends with France or preserving a deeply flawed government pension program. - Sean Cunningham

[But when it came time to run the story, on February 7, the photos were cast aside, and the story was softened in the editing process and cut back to a meager 326 words. I learned about the episode from a source outside the News . Both Martin Dunn, editorial director of the News , and Bill Boyle, the senior managing editor, who shepherded the piece into the paper, declined to comment.] Just for the record... I make it a policy never to talk to the tabloid press, especially free newspapers. - Martin Dunn

[After handing in the editorial to the newspaper Friday,] the president himself noted that that was a very poorly worded sentence, and we changed it... This Week. - Joe Lockhart