Journalism Quotes · Page 11

I hate journalists. I don't trust them.

— Ava Gardner

The real news is bad news.

— Marshall McLuhan

Media outlets do not exist in a vacuum.

— Margarita Simonyan

“The media controls the mind.”

— Jim Morrison

Documentaries are a form of journalism.

— Michael Moore

You can't disbar unethical journalists.

— Mike Cernovich

Fox is fair and balanced.

— Alan Colmes

Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

— Dasha Zhukova

“Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.”

— Honoré de Balzac

Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy.

— Richard Nixon

Watching Fox, that's like watching the Cartoon Network. Fox is nuts.

— Jon Stewart

There is no independent American print or TV media.

— Paul Craig Roberts

I was in the right place at the right time.

— Mel Allen

The job of media is the accountability of government.

— Jeff Zucker

If journalism were a religious order, George Orwell would be its patron saint.

— Janadas Devan

I enjoy the press. I understand their business.

— Arnold Palmer

Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization.

— Glenn Greenwald

Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar."

— Ron Dart

It's not the world that's got so much worse but the news coverage that's got so much better.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“It’s the great flaw of journalism. The more something happens, the less newsworthy it is.”

— Nathan Hill

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

— Ian Hislop

In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Fiction is my deepest love, but I love journalism, too. It keeps me thinking vigorously, and it reminds me that there is…

— Jennifer Egan

I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of…

— Tori Amos

When Bernie Sanders was announcing that he was going to be a candidate for the nomination of the Democratic Party in Burlington,…

— Ed Schultz

I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions…

— Tina Fey

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.…

— Thomas Jefferson

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate…

— Angelina Jolie

You can't listen to the news. You have to go with the facts. You need to use a logical approach and have…

— Blair Hull

Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre…

— Joseph Pulitzer

“The ability of a free and independent press to hold political leaders accountable is what makes open government possible—it is the heartbeat…

— Madeleine K. Albright

I am talking and really talking on this very entrenched power structure, and what we're doing is we're talking about the power…

— Donald Trump

I don't owe the media anything.

— Eran Zahavi

I read the newspaper.

— George W. Bush

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

— Anonymous

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

— Dev Patel

The Indian media has a very negative approach and very negative thoughts.

— Shahid Afridi

My love of sports and my love of journalism coincided. One fed the other.

— Jemele Hill

I'm not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.

— Michael Avenatti

I'm not a journalist, never pretend to be.

— Rex Chapman