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> [Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/most-journalists-now-believe-that-a-person-s-privacy-zone-gets/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

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## More by Roger Mudd

> [As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/as-electronic-journalism-came-to-be-evaluated-for-its-cost/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/no-matter-what-name-we-give-it-or-how-we-judge-it-a-candidate-s/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/and-what-it-depends-on-of-course-is-whether-the-story-itself-is-worth/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/most-journalists-now-believe-that-a-person-s-privacy-zone-gets/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/the-ethics-of-editorial-judgement-however-began-to-go-though-a-sea/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/journalists-who-are-skeptical-to-begin-with-simply-do-not-like-to-be/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/for-decades-the-journalistic-norm-had-been-that-the-private-lives-of/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/the-written-tone-and-the-spoken-tone-change-and-the-reporters/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/in-exchange-for-power-influence-command-and-a-place-in-history-a/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/but-the-time-has-come-for-journalists-to-acknowledge-that-a-zone-of/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/given-what-the-media-have-put-the-country-through-this-past-decade-it/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/sexual-behavior-was-also-generally-considered-off-limits/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/the-relationship-between-press-and-politician-protected-by-the/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

> [The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mudd/the-networks-found-themselves-having-to-compete-for-an-increasingly/)

[Roger Mudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mudd/)

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