You know what I hate? I hate it when, as a reporter, you know there’s a 95 percent chance someone is lying to you and cheating the public — but you know you’ll never be able to prove it. It just gets you into a funk. I got into this business to tell the truth, not to be a conduit for frauds.

10 April 2002



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10 April | 19:07  |  jeremy

Dude, tell me who it is. I'll knee-cap their sorry lying ass! No proof you were involved, except for this comment of course.

11 April | 8:59  |  Erica

"I got this business to tell the truth"... uh huh.



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