If you're in Journalism and you're looking for friends, you should get a dog. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Stay with CBS now for more news, including: Is there a pall over the mall as holiday shoppers think small? — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever. — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes;… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Anyone who says network news cannot be profitable doesn't know what he is talking about. But anyone who says it must "always,"… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“No one has a monopoly on the truth, but the whole premise of our democracy is that truth and justice must win… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I quote the late Ed Murow. ... He said: 'Look, people listen to me when they want an eyewitness account. 'They think… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“Simply put, we have more people talking about news and less original reporting. Whether on television or online, there is no shortage… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers,… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I'm all news, all the time. Full power, tall tower. I want to break in when news breaks out. That's my agenda.… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“In 1987, under President Ronald Reagan, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) abolished the Fairness Doctrine. In place since 1949, it had stipulated… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open… — Dan Rather Copy Share
“[I]nclusion, not assimilation, should be the key concept in seeking, ever seeking, a more perfect national union. Our own history has shown that we… — Dan Rather Copy Share
He [Mikhail Gorbachev] has, as many great leaders have, impressive eyes…There's a kind of laser-beam stare, a forced quality, you get from Gorbachev that… — Dan Rather Copy Share
I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I think that's… — Dan Rather Copy Share
They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if… — Dan Rather Copy Share
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some… — Dan Rather Copy Share
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate… — Dan Rather Copy Share
College is like a woman: you work so hard to get in, and nine months later you wish you'd never come. We used to… — Dan Rather Copy Share
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy. — Dan Rather Copy Share
