Newspaper editor John Bogart said, "If a man" does this, "that is news"
[DOC] [TLE] Man bites dog (journalism) - Wikipedia [PAR] The phrase was coined by Alfred Harmsworth (18651922), a British newspaper magnate, but is also attributed to New York Sun editor John B. Bogart (18481921): "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often.