--- title: "3 Guardian Quotes By Dean Baquet" description: "3 Guardian quotes by Dean Baquet. Plus more from Dean Baquet and more Guardian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/dean-baquet-35927_age_the-washington-post-is-and-has-been-the_1090569.jpg" --- > [The Washington Post is and has been the greatest historic competitor of the New York Times. Half of me, though, the unselfish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-washington-post-is-and-has-been-the-greatest-historic-competitor/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/dean-baquet-35927_age_the-washington-post-is-and-has-been-the_1090569.jpg) > [The fact that Edward Snowden didn't approach the New York Times hurt a lot. It meant two things. Morally, it meant that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-fact-that-edward-snowden-didn-t-approach-the-new-york-times-hurt/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/dean-baquet-35927_feel-good_the-fact-that-edward-snowden-didn-t-appr_1449405.jpg) > [We, in the New York Times, have not yet figured out how to grow our international readership. We started a website in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/we-in-the-new-york-times-have-not-yet-figured-out-how-to-grow-our/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/dean-baquet-35927_blocked_we-in-the-new-york-times-have-not-yet-fi_2137200.jpg) ## Other authors on Guardian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amber-hope-12202.jpg) Amber Hope 47 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/amber-hope/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richelle-mead-78985.jpg) Richelle Mead 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/richelle-mead/) - [Wendy Owens 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/wendy-owens/) - [Katharine Viner 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/katharine-viner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-amber-hope-guardian-48719.jpg) Amber Hope(Guardian 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/amber-hope-guardian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/plato/) - [Michael Wolff 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/michael-wolff/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-doreen-virtue-30199.jpg) Doreen Virtue 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/doreen-virtue/) ## More by Dean Baquet > [I grew up in the traditional American newspaper world with a morning paper and an afternoon paper competing with each other beat by beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/i-grew-up-in-the-traditional-american-newspaper-world-with-a-morning/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [The New York Times is and has always been a digital leader. The report only cited some areas where we fell down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-new-york-times-is-and-has-always-been-a-digital-leader-the-report/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [I know this is going to get me in trouble, but I'll say it: The whole notion that I am supposed to constantly tweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/i-know-this-is-going-to-get-me-in-trouble-but-i-ll-say-it-the-whole/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [The Washington Post is and has been the greatest historic competitor of the New York Times. Half of me, though, the unselfish part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-washington-post-is-and-has-been-the-greatest-historic-competitor/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [The mainstream press was not aggressive enough after 9/11, was not aggressive enough in asking questions about a decision to go to war in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-mainstream-press-was-not-aggressive-enough-after-9-11-was-not/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [My job is to cover the hell out of the story, very aggressively. The real place to be courageous if you're a news organization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/my-job-is-to-cover-the-hell-out-of-the-story-very-aggressively-the/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [The fact that Edward Snowden didn't approach the New York Times hurt a lot. It meant two things. Morally, it meant that somebody with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/the-fact-that-edward-snowden-didn-t-approach-the-new-york-times-hurt/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [You're always going to have more traffic if you're a free website. But we've always admitted that the New York Times was behind other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/you-re-always-going-to-have-more-traffic-if-you-re-a-free-website-but/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [We, in the New York Times, have not yet figured out how to grow our international readership. We started a website in China, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/we-in-the-new-york-times-have-not-yet-figured-out-how-to-grow-our/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [I also don't think all of the revenue will come from digital subscriptions. We have in the New York Times a mix of revenue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/i-also-don-t-think-all-of-the-revenue-will-come-from-digital/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [I always thought that digital first was a simplistic notion, and I am not even sure quite what it means. It should be stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/i-always-thought-that-digital-first-was-a-simplistic-notion-and-i-am/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [Everyone has a story if you just listen and shut up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/everyone-has-a-story-if-you-just-listen-and-shut-up/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) > [It used to be, if you were a reporter, you wrote a story and then you moved on to the next one. We were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/it-used-to-be-if-you-were-a-reporter-you-wrote-a-story-and-then-you/) [Dean Baquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-baquet/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guardian/dean-baquet/#itemlist", "name": "3 Guardian Quotes By Dean Baquet", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Washington Post is and has been the greatest historic competitor of the New York Times. Half of me, though, the unselfish part of me that is just a journalist, is thrilled. I want newspapers to succeed. Let's take the Guardian, which is a new competitor in the digital age. Does it make me nervous that they compete with us and in fact beat us on the Snowden story? Yes. The part of me that's a competitive journalist and wants to fight and play says: bring them on! 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