The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it wants to have and part of what it ought to have whether it wants it or not.
Herbert Bayard SwopeAbout author
- Author's profession: Editor
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 5, 1882
- Died: June 20, 1958
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