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Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
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Birth: | 26th February, 1927 |
Death: | 20th June, 1991 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Journalist |
Gerald Francis Priestland was born in Berkhamsted, England. He was a British journalist. He was educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford. He began his work at the BBC with a six-month spell writing obituary pieces for broadcast news. He eventually became a foreign correspondent for the BBC, covering politics in America. He wrote several books include: The future of violence, The Dilemmas of Journalism, Reasonable Uncertainty, The Case Against God, Something Understood: An Autobiography, My Pilgrim Way, and Coming Home.
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