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Panama Papers Scandal

Squeezing the Free Press.

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

BBC - Crisis Management, Damage Control and Liability Supervision.

"I try to write a little bit every day."

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

'We subpoenaed all of 'Mr. Big's' electronic messages. They're in morse code.'

There's a crew here from 60 minutes and they're coming this way.

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

'I prefer the term 'whistleblower' to tattletale.'

'Who was the murderer? Well Watson, that's the killer question.'

'Best watchdog I ever had!'

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

Anderson Cooper as a Kid. Today, an expose that asks the question: Who IS Simon, and why must we do what he says?

"New studies show that the so-called 'lucky man' made popular by the prog-rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer was, in fact, just very well-connected."

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

Reporter #6: television.

Journalism student ponders which course he wants to major in.

"Screw this—I'm going to work for the tabloids."

Privacy

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

'Be gentle with me, it's my first novel.'

"Why don't we call you 'Deeper Throat'?"

"Skepticism, Jones? Tell me, how does that relate to journalism?"

Official Rhetoric About Leakers and Whistleblowers, Translated

The Barrel of a Gun: the Press and the Truth

'Your novel has an up-to-the-moment breaking news quality. We intend to publish it in 2012.'

'Apparently, no matter where you are, you're never more than 9 metres away from a government enquiry...'

'Actually, the entire novel is a metaphor of me getting rich from the movie rights.'