Quotes by Bill Dedman

About Bill Dedman:

Bill Dedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, an investigative reporter, and co-author of the No. 1 bestselling book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune.
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In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence.

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Every scandal has its road kill: the pedestrians who stumble into the headlights of the oncoming 18-wheeler.

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Though some student activists of the 1960s may have idolized Alinsky, he didn't particularly idolize them.

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Jason McDermott can be the most ingratiating young man: a born politician.

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In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.

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The term 'triage' normally means deciding who gets attention first.

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It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.

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Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.

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Some employees are protected by union or personal contracts that limit reasons for dismissal.

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State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation.

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Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.

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Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

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At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'

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A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control of its role investigating firefighter deaths.

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As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets.

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In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone, saving the owners as much as 97 percent on the premiums they pay into the financially strained Nationa...

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In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts...

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Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in June.

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MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.

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Many visitors to Chicago know the Loop, the shops on the Magnificent Mile, and the Museum Campus. Meanwhile, much of the bustle is in the developing neighborhoods around the Loop: North, South and West.

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Many company policies restrict use of E-mail, limit access to offensive Web sites and prohibit disclosure of confidential information. Few policies, if any, directly address personal Web pages.

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Dedman
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornOctober 14, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Historian
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Investigative Reporting