"Louis Cannon" (born 1933) is an United States/American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer. He was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s and later senior White House correspondent of the Washington Post during the Ronald Reagan administration. He is a prolific biographer of President of the United States/US President Ronald Reagan and has written five books about him.

Cannon is currently a columnist and editorial advisor to State Net Capitol Journal, a weekly publication focused on state legislation and politics.[http://www.statenet.com/capitol_journal]

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We simply didn't have the financial commitments necessary to put out a quality magazine. It's a decision we all regret, but we had no other realistic choice.

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I think Arnold squandered a great opportunity.

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What went on in Rampart was a lot more cold-blooded. There was an element of malevolence, of premeditation and planning.

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Murrow stood up and took a position against something. Today, we are a much more hesitant society, a much more frightened society.

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He was a fiscal conservative and on national defense. But he was not a social conservative.

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The King incident was a spontaneous reaction to a middle-of-the-night situation. I think Rampart is worse, ... Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD.

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I don't think he's going to be dismissive of these (stars), because they're from his community, but ultimately that's not going to make his decision, ... He'll decide it on the merits.

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