Lionel Barber Quotes

• My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.

  Lionel Barber

  Father, Years, Careers

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• There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading The Times editorial pages and the Daily Mail sports pages.

  Lionel Barber

  Sports, Coffee, Reading

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• Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

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  Media, People, Gathering

  "Lionel Barber's Fulbright lecture - full text". www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2011.

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• The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro.

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  Believe, Taken, Years

  "The Consequences Of The Brexit Referendum". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 11, 2016.

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• As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

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  Book, Journalism, Cubs

  Lionel Barber's Hugh Cudlipp lecture at London College of Communication, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.

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• I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.

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  Morning, Bridges, Ideas

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• My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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  Father, America, Special

  Lionel Barber's Fulbright lecture, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2011.

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• We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

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  Europe, Play, Historical

  "The Consequences Of The Brexit Referendum". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 11, 2016.

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• While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant.

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  Cutting, Effort, Firsts

  "Financial Times editor Lionel Barber: 'News now is not the newspaper'". Interview with Roy Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2013.

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• But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

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  Real, Thinking, Unions

  "The Consequences Of The Brexit Referendum". Interview with Scott Simon, wksu.org. June 11, 2016.

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• We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy.

  Lionel Barber

  Stars, Marine, Europe

  "The Consequences Of The Brexit Referendum". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 11, 2016.

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