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Herbert Bayard Swope
American
Editor
About the author
Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one.
Herbert Bayard Swope,
American
Editor
#People
#Eye
#Forget
#First
#Blood
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope,
American
Editor
#Success
#Failure
#Formula
The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.
Herbert Bayard Swope,
American
Editor
#First
#Duty
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 Swope,
American
Editor
#Public
#Successful
#Day
#Hell