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> [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 news organizations in making our stories available to people on the web. BuzzFeed and the Huffington…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-baquet/you-re-always-going-to-have-more-traffic-if-you-re-a-free-website-but/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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