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title: "2 Village Voice Quotes By Sydney Schanberg"
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> [You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/you-can-criticize-any-news-staff-in-some-ways-but-the-one-thing-that/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

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> [Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that's not what he wanted in the Village Voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/lacey-said-if-he-wanted-to-read-a-daily-or-regular-critiques-of-the/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

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## More by Sydney Schanberg

> [The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/the-voice-has-always-been-an-alternative-paper-they-have-always/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/you-can-criticize-any-news-staff-in-some-ways-but-the-one-thing-that/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/i-don-t-know-how-you-can-do-it-if-you-don-t-recognition-the-media-as/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/lacey-said-if-he-wanted-to-read-a-daily-or-regular-critiques-of-the/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/i-just-don-t-believe-that-you-have-to-come-in-and-insult-people-when/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/what-happened-was-very-sad-mr-lacey-told-the-staff-that-he-was/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [Lacey had this huge chip on his shoulder. He walked into the room thinking that the people didn't welcome him and didn't like him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/lacey-had-this-huge-chip-on-his-shoulder-he-walked-into-the-room/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/people-in-new-york-pay-attention-to-national-issues-a-huge-percentage/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [My own reaction from a distance is that Pol Pot's demise as the leader of the Khmer Rouge was inevitable, and that his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/my-own-reaction-from-a-distance-is-that-pol-pot-s-demise-as-the/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/contradictory-to-my-religion-i-think-is-journalism/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [I asked him, How could we have a press column if we can't write about other work done in the press?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/i-asked-him-how-could-we-have-a-press-column-if-we-can-t-write-about/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/we-americans-are-the-ultimate-innocents-we-are-forever-desperate-to/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/as-i-understand-it-lacey-has-dismissed-all-of-the-fact-checkers/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/if-you-believe-in-journalism-you-don-t-insult-good-journalists/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

> [I don't see any move toward international pressure to stabilize the situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/i-don-t-see-any-move-toward-international-pressure-to-stabilize-the/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

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