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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Lisagor modestly attributes his popularity to the fact that he works for a provincial paper. None of his sources, he claims, ever see what he writes. But being a "busher" in the bailiwick of the Eastern press giants has had its drawbacks. Lippmann or Reston could get a Cabinet member by phone, but Lisagor once waited weeks trying to see John Foster Dulles. He got an interview immediately when, on the strength of a New York Times Sunday Magazine assignment, he identified himself as Mr. Lisagor for the Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Horizontal in Washington | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

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