Author: Roger Mudd

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For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

- Roger Mudd

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

- Roger Mudd

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

- Roger Mudd

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

- Roger Mudd

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