Reality is an aspect of property. It must be seized. And investigative journalism is the noble art of seizing reality back from the powerful.

Julian Assange
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Journalism is an act of seizing reality back from the powerful. It's not about telling people what others want them to hear, or what others want them to read, or what others want them to see, but it's about asking them if they want to see it themselves.

Source: Julian Assange The Unauthorised Autobiography

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