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Haaretz, an independent daily newspaper, has been publishing since 1919, and has frequently been the target of right-wing administrations.
Until the early 1960s, TV news was seen as a loss leader.
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“We find a really strong connection that they’re able to maintain accountability in these communities.”
“Journalists and scientists have a lot in common — we both like to chase, we both like to investigate, and we like to write up what we find, and do it in a clever way, that people leave nourished.”
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“I think the value of our paper is to tell researchers that you can use The New York Times, but you need to realize The New York Times is representative of itself.”
“The absence of data, either it paralyzes you or you become more curious.”
“We plan to do more than simply expect that readers will find the story and find us. We plan to take the story to them.”
“Three years ago, I would have said that every platform is super different from the others. Now they’ve all become quite similar.”