Tina Brown Quotes
The cloud that descended on Black Rock on Monday was not for the past but the future. How much will this debacle chill the pursuit of other risky investigations?
Brown, Tina. "A Cloud Over Black Rock." The Washington Post, Nash Holdings, 23 Sept. 2004.
The reporters were not intimidated. They published not only the story about the joke but the threats of the Chief of Staff who later apologized publicly to minimize the political damage. The quotation is important for two reasons. First it illustrates something that occurs in all countries—political officials intimidating journalists to suppress a story they do not want public. Second, the vibrancy of the Israel freedom of the press, where even the highest ranking general in the nation could not intimidate ordinary journalists. In most counties, the journalists would have been imprisoned, and possible tortured and killed if they crossed such a powerful man. In many democracies, the journalists would have been fired.
Christina Hambley Brown CBE, is a journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host, and author of The Diana Chronicles, a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. Born a British citizen, she now holds joint citizenship after she took United States citizenship in 2005, following her emigration in 1984 to edit Vanity Fair. By marriage, she is legally titled Lady Evans.
