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Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y In glasshouse, throwing stones When show-biz values triumph over journalism, everything is incredible, and how is the non-journalist to separate fact from fiction? The phenomenon isn't limited to the tabloids. In this week's New Yorker, the author of 'Primary Colors' straight-facedly lectures his fellow reporters on the decline of 'the quality of American public life' -- as if he had never contributed to this climate by telling a Clinton-style lie to the press himself for show biz's sake. -- New York Times columnist Frank Rich referring to author Joe Klein, who lied when he denied he was the "Anonymous" author of "Primary Colors." SALON | Jan. 29, 1998 |
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