I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause - but examining each case on its merits. Being left of center is another thing; it's a political position. I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not liberal, by my definition of it, then they can hardly be good newspapermen. If they're preordained dogmatists for a cause, then they can't be very good journalists; that is, if they carry it into their journa. Walter Cronkite
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A liberal is someone who is willing to accept facts and evidence without prejudice. The liberal holds that people should be judged on their own merits rather than the political affiliations of their ancestors. A liberal is not dogmatic; he or she is not committed to a specific political philosophy. The liberal sees the world as having many possible solutions for problems that may arise, rather than holding one ideology as true and then being unwilling to consider other ideas.

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