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title: "8 Kind Journalism Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-malcolm/you-could-say-that-any-book-that-takes-a-position-is-not-fair-unless/)

[Janet Malcolm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-malcolm/)

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> [I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-ve-already-become-a-mastodon-in-print-i-don-t-see-a-consciousness/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-don-t-think-that-my-kind-of-journalism-has-ever-been-universally/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-any-kind-of-journalism/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [I'd gotten myself into a kind of journalism that wasn't really compatible with rearing an infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/i-d-gotten-myself-into-a-kind-of-journalism-that-wasn-t-really/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

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> [Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/gonzo-journalism-is-a-style-of-reporting-based-on-william-faulkner-s/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [I have always been of the opinion that the right kind of journalism is a critical part of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-omidyar/i-have-always-been-of-the-opinion-that-the-right-kind-of-journalism/)

[Pierre Omidyar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-omidyar/)

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> [The one thing I didn't do that was kind of controversial was go work for a daily paper, because I didn't like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/the-one-thing-i-didn-t-do-that-was-kind-of-controversial-was-go-work/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

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