The president also acknowledged some shortcomings on his part, saying that although he has not always agreed with constructive criticism of him in the press, he still valued "great journalism".
They can be assured, at least, that Havens values journalism, as he appeared on a panel at this year's South by SouthWest festival under the banner "Can great journalism make for great business?".
So if people value journalism – independent, vibrant, noisy, messy journalism of any bent, point of view or persuasion, I'm sorry to be blunt but there is only one thing to do.
Those who value journalism would value Ted Turner's vision.
"In all of this, we shouldn't lose sight of the value journalism brings to these situations," he said.
The validity of these citizen "reviews" seems not to matter all that much to online publishers, who value journalism quantitatively rather than qualitatively.
If we have learned one thing in the past seven years about what works in media, it is this: Success means producing distinctive, high-value journalism, something that isn't being done by others or can be done better by us.
High-value journalism can be in the moment - it can be a whiteboard from one of the policy teams that gives Pro subscribers the real-time intelligence they pay for, or it can be a deeply reported enterprise project, like the digital books we published with Random House on the 2012 campaign.
Grossman, though he values his journalism, leaves no doubt which is his essential function.
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