Journalism Quotes · Page 129

Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S.…

— Barton Gellman

I'm barely reading the 'New York Times!' But I do try to keep abreast of things.

— Chris Diamantopoulos

I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a…

— Joe Arpaio

We're dealing with character assassins. We're dealing with career assassins. That's who the media is today.

— Rush Limbaugh

When you have a child victim, I don't think cameras should be in the courtroom, ever.

— Nancy Grace

But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.

— Errol Morris

American Journalism is dead… They have behaved like hockey goalies in front of Barack Obama’s net.

— Roger Noriega

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what…

— Diane Sawyer

Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in…

— Dick Cavett

“I don't care if they are reading our mail. Bring it on, Tron! I dare you. Try to take away my freedom…

— Rainbow Rowell

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty…

— Malcolm X

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even…

— Ben Bradlee

I think blogging and the ability to instantaneously respond to news items has changed the way we approach all media. We're seeing…

— Rachel Kramer Bussel

“The modern media, with so many options tailored to particular views, is a huge exercise in confirmation bias. This means that Americans…

— Thomas M. Nichols

The tabloids so easily throw people under the bus for a one-day sensation on the newsstand but sadly don't care about the…

— Yolanda Hadid

“When politicians fail to address the issues that matter, when news companies cut back on investigative reporting, when media barrage the public…

— Kathy Bonk

Dan Rather is guilty of not being skeptical enough about a story that was politically loaded.

— Bill O'Reilly

The New York Times - but the whole country gives it that weight. It's like the Asian kid in math class. Everybody…

— Bill Maher

I read the New York Times, and if I'm in a different city, I'll skim that paper.

— David Cross

To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.

— Tom Brokaw

The power of the media is really the only new issue in the last 50 years, probably.

— Miuccia Prada

I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep…

— Eleanor Mondale

The things that make for a good journalist - or for that matter, make for good journalism - they've never changed since…

— Jemele Hill

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist

— Oscar Wilde

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being

— Thomas Jefferson

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of…

— Russell Baker

Any magazine editor will tell you, Colin Farrell still sells better than Colin Powell,

— William Bastone

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

— Mark Twain

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in…

— Eric Sevareid

If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.

— Wolf Blitzer

Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.

— George Packer

I would give back every single award to be able to actually do our jobs as journalists without this kind of harassment.

— Maria Ressa

Most of the outrage comes from not the public, but from the media, the press and writers.

— Seth MacFarlane

No one wants to stay in the tabloids. But it's actually not a terrible place to start.

— Rachel Zoe

The headline is the most important element in most advertisements. It is the telegram which decides the reader whether to read the…

— David Ogilvy

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

— Barton Gellman

My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to…

— Viktor Vekselberg

The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant.

— Ryan Holiday

We don't sit down and look at the news pages and think, 'How could we do an episode about that?'

— Charlie Brooker