"Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc."

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Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon, or where it had essentially become an extension of the government, like in Iraq, people tend to see a journalist as an agent of his or her government. That can be dangerous if the United States military is occupying their country, or aligned with their enemies.

— Annia Ciezadlo