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# William Bastone

(1961)   Journalist

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William Bastone is a journalist.

## Quick Facts About William Bastone

Born July 24, 1961

Profession Journalist

## About William Bastone

American editor... \| William Bastone is editor and co-founder of The Smoking Gun website. In 1997, Bastone and his wife Barbara Glauber, who is a graphic designer, created The Smoking Gun with freelance journalist Daniel Green. In 1984, Bastone worked as an investigative journalist for The Village Voice. He started at T

##  Quotes by William Bastone

> [The only stuff we looked at were incidents for which there are a paper trail ... (and) everything we looked up was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bastone/the-only-stuff-we-looked-at-were-incidents-for-which-there-are-a/)

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> [Any magazine editor will tell you, Colin Farrell still sells better than Colin Powell,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bastone/any-magazine-editor-will-tell-you-colin-farrell-still-sells-better/)

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