Journalism Quotes · Page 128

The notion that journalism can regularly produce a product that violates the fundamental interests of media owners and advertisers ... is absurd.

— Robert Waterman McChesney

Only one way to cover a story like this, and make that a double, bartender, please.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology.

— Hank Azaria

“We find it natural that we pay for a plumber or a mechanic, but demand our news for free.”

— Timothy Snyder

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

— Charles Revson

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere…

— Jane Hawking

I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to…

— David Brooks

“We plaster our news reports with political pundits not offering independent opinions but serving their masters.”

— Sharyl Attkisson

I had been at the newspaper for a few months. It wasn’t regarded as the paper, it was their paper. There was…

— Harold Evans

I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the…

— Seymour Hersh

I assume that - because you can get degrees in journalism from very reputable universities - I assume that people can be…

— William Gibson

In my experience, copy editors, like the stalwart staff I've worked with and learned from in my 34 years at 'TIME,' are…

— Richard Corliss

You watch the news these days? It's unbelievable. You think you just walk out your door, you're immediately gonna be raped by…

— Bill Hicks

“The American and British governments invested heavily in the press, supporting official and unofficial organs, and high-ranking members routinely wrote articles and…

— Troy Bickham

Media gatekeepers - editors, publishers, film studios and the like - need to begin investing in talent behind the scenes, developing and…

— Janet Mock

“But to the managing editor of Life, Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr., the problem centered on bias. “Of course, we did not intentionally…

— David McCullough

“The power of the new mass media made Grant’s illness a national spectacle, with his doctors offering twice-daily updates on his condition.”

— Ron Chernow

The media attention does not bother me. I am very happy that the media is at least interested in sports other than…

— Geeta Phogat

A newspaper is a private enterprise owing nothing whatsoever to the public, which grants it no franchise. It is therefore affected with…

— William Peter Hamilton

I believe, with the media, you must answer every question in some way. And in very, very, touchy situations, we must answer…

— Colman Domingo

“A newspaper that wishes to make its fortune should never waste its columns and weary its readers by praising anything.”

— Anthony Trollope

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a…

— Amy Goodman

A lot of stories that have fascinated me are tabloid stories that have come from other newspapers, like 'The New York Times.'

— Errol Morris

The subjects I wanted to write about - the mystery of the human soul, evil - didn't interest newspapers, and news reporting…

— Svetlana Alexievich

The media's intentional corruption of the truth is an abomination and NRA members will never - and I mean never - submit…

— Wayne LaPierre

“Today most of the people don't want to read or listen but surely they want to feel - so empathy is the…

— Amit Abraham

Fighting with the media almost always is a mistake. You can't win the argument, the media has the last word, and most…

— Roger Ailes

The New York Times ,the New York Times is actually telling the Clinton, both of them that they need to come clean…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

— Learned Hand

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

— Phil Donahue

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell…

— John Gunther

As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press…

— Kat Timpf

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

— David Shuster

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

— Dave Brat

Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness…

— Michael Jackson

You guys should know we do [ cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism] because you watch CNN all day long.

— Anderson Cooper

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I don't pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist.

— Jeremy Scahill

Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

— Yao Ming

The modern economics of the newsroom don't support big investigative reporting staffs.

— Steve Bannon