Newspaper editor John Bogart said, "If a man" does this, "that is news"
Early 
newspaper editors felt no obligation to write respectfully about the nation's 
leaders, and... [DOC] [TLE] bit: definition of bit in Oxford dictionary (American English) (US) [PAR] The refugees who made it were clearly keen to do their bit in the war effort and 
the factory ... Man bites dog is a much-used jokey newspaper headline, which 
harks back to the quote: ...