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Abbott Joseph Liebling (October 18, 1904 – December 28, 1963) was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. He was known for, among other things, the aphorism "Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one," which he first wrote in The New Yorker in 1960. 

Liebling's boxing book The Sweet Science was named the greatest sports book of all time by Sports Illustrated. Liebling was also an accomplished food writer; Anthony Bourdain named Between Meals one of his favorite books, adding, "He was an enthusiastic lover of food and wine, very knowledgeable but never a snob. It’s the benchmark for great food writing."

Liebling was born into a well-off family on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where his father worked in New York's fur industry. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Austria, and his mother, Anna Adelson Slone, came from a Jewish family in San Francisco. After early schooling in New York, Liebling was admitted to Dartmouth College in the fall of 1920. 

His primary activity during his undergraduate career was as a contributor to the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's nationally known humor magazine. He left Dartmouth without graduating, later claiming he was "thrown out for missing compulsory chapel attendance." He then enrolled in the School of Journalism at Columbia University.

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