Journalism Quotes · Page 107

On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks.

— Jon Stewart

There are already robotic journalists. Sure, they aren't very good, but they're getting better faster than human journalists are.

— Sebastian Thrun

The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the…

— Wole Soyinka

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

— Brit Hume

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.

— Walter Cronkite

Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it?

— Thomas Carlyle

The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The New York Times is fighting desperately for its relevance and its financial survival. And it probably won't even be around in…

— Donald Trump

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism,…

— Paul Weller

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what…

— William J. H. Boetcker

A newspaper is an adviser who does not require to be sought, but who comes of his own accord, and talks to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet…

— Michael Finkel

What we try to do at 'The Federalist' is to provide opinion and analysis that brings in a lot of different perspectives…

— Ben Domenech

“Looking around me, I saw that all my colleagues were busy at the same task. Eyes were rolled up, mouths hung open,…

— John Varley

My father always wanted me to be president of the United States, and his fallback position was that I not become a…

— Kevin Sessums

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment.”

— Charles Lamb

It's funny: when the press knows someone's gonna say something stupid, they're quick to pass them a mic and put a camera…

— Damon Dash

In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go…

— Bob Schieffer

Reading newspapers in the state of Maine is like paying somebody to tell you lies,

— Paul LePage

Don't underestimate the value of beginning a headline by naming the people you want to reach.

— John Caples

Everyone that is not an ultra-conservative recognizes the irony of FOX's 'Fair and Balanced' moniker, which only accentuates its actual bias.

— Daniel Lubetzky

After 'Land,' I wanted to do something about emerging media and citizen journalism, so I got this idea for 'Diary of the…

— George A. Romero

Baby boomer media like 'The Times' is a laughingstock, and we should do whatever we can to ridicule it.

— Gavin McInnes

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

— Molly Ivins

I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming…

— David Remnick

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.

— Anonymous

I tend to read 'The New York Times' and 'The Washington Post' online, and I go to the website for the BBC.…

— Dustin Lance Black

What passes for news is just morbid speculation or cartoonish screaming, followed by diaper commercials.

— Karen Russell

Bush told me, he doesn't watch TV ... though it's untrue that he doesn't read the newspapers.

— Robert Draper

In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers.

— Alia Shawkat

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

— Aaron Brown

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the…

— Marshall McLuhan

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

— Jorge Ramos

At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an…

— Dan Jenkins

Usually it is the stereotyped shape assumed by an event at an obvious place that uncovers the run of the news.

— Walter Lippmann

Why does the news start with Good Evening and then they tell you everything that's wrong in the world?

— Anonymous

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

I realize that the New York Times probably not written for the express purpose of driving me mad; I think of it…

— Joseph Sobran

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to…

— Voltaire