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" Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. "

Morley Safer

Control

Pressure

Influence

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Confidence

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Money

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War

Payoff

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Parents

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