Journalism Quotes · Page 122

The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.

— Ray Guy

Leafing through Forbes or Fortune [magazine]s is like reading the operating manual of a strangely sanctimonious pirate ship

— Adam Gopnik

I think censorship in the name of fighting fake news is a dangerous thing for Pakistan.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

— Keith Jackson

I'm relieved that after all these years of doing atrocity work, I still cry my eyes out every time I read the…

— Samantha Power

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous…

— Anonymous

If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be…

— Bill Moyers

The media claimed to be non-partisan, centrist. It's not been that way for a lot of history.

— William Kristol

I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The mismanagement of American newspapering is quite remarkable. But all of the fellows responsible are now on a golf course in Hilton…

— David Simon

The American people were really not 100% convinced that this idea of default was really going to occur, and I think the…

— Bill Johnson

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what…

— Amy Vanderbilt

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted…

— Jorge Ramos

I was lecturing at the Columbia Journalism School of Education. I asked them about what was happening to the Fourth Amendment. I…

— Nat Hentoff

I believe Forbes is an important outlet for broadening environmental journalism beyond the overwhelmingly alarmist approach taken by most reporters, and look…

— Michael Shellenberger

I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology…

— Chris Hughes

CNN stands to make a hundred million dollars more than it's expected lift for the election cycle, due to the phenomenon that…

— David Folkenflik

[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.

— Glenn Greenwald

Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.

— Herman Melville

Just because reporters say something over and over and over again doesn't start to make it true.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

— George Orwell

Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.

— Phil Donahue

Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.

— Bob Woodward

“Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a…

— Manuel Castells

We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.

— Che Guevara

Journalists who swallow the subject's account whole and publish it are not journalists but publicists.

— Janet Malcolm

“I like the New York Times. I only wish it were softer, and more like toilet paper.”

— Jarod Kintz

Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.

— Craig Charles

I don't know what to believe in the mainstream media anymore. My instinct is to not believe any of it, and it's…

— Rush Limbaugh

Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the…

— Tito Jackson

“Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.”

— Jonah Goldberg

As a professional journalist, I am always looking for new ways to get paid for being motionless.

— Dave Barry

I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.

— Naftali Bennett

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and…

— Madonna Ciccone

I loved newspapers. I loved the dusky marks on my fingers that proved I had spent the morning educating myself.

— Mary Katharine Ham

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.

— Jerry Springer

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.

— Dave Eggers

When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the…

— Sandra Bernhard

You know what, you entertainment news journalists are dangerous. You take a little tiny thing and you blow it up into a…

— Anne Hathaway