I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I mean, I think everybody in the world, all the young people in the world, went to journalism school and wanted to… — Katharine Graham Copy Share Image
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I get newspapers from Britain and other countries twice a week and read them almost page to page. Sometimes I find I'm… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In the average newspaper there is not a complete suppression of stories that the sacred cows don't want printed. But rather what… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
You should never pick up a newspaper when you're feeling good, because every newspaper has a special department, called the Bummer Desk,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'm the son of a newsman, I grew up around news, so I can understand the issue, which is that papers are… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I think some journalists and bloggers want their articles to be clever, and the way into that is by writing nasty things.… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“When politicians fail to address the issues that matter, when news companies cut back on investigative reporting, when media barrage the public… — Kathy Bonk Copy Share Image
Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
“But to the managing editor of Life, Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr., the problem centered on bias. “Of course, we did not intentionally… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I assume that - because you can get degrees in journalism from very reputable universities - I assume that people can be… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Media gatekeepers - editors, publishers, film studios and the like - need to begin investing in talent behind the scenes, developing and… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Obama was willing to compromise and Republicans were not. That's not a biased statement. One of my problems with the limitations of… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I also don't think all of the revenue will come from digital subscriptions. We have in the New York Times a mix… — Dean Baquet Copy Share Image
I think that's a really important role that people sometimes forget about, especially with all these newspaper shutting down and having trouble,… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic,… — Andrea Mitchell Copy Share Image
I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
[On journalists:] They are the scavengers of society who, possessing no guts of their own, tear out the guts of celebrities. They… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the… — Herbert Bayard Swope Copy Share Image
Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies are no… — David Shields Copy Share Image
The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to… — Thomas McKean Copy Share Image
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I get really frustrated during a crisis when I go through all the cable channels and find - very often with the… — Howard Stringer Copy Share Image
Women? I love women. Life would have been virtually zero without them. Journalism? I really feel like I am a journalist... And… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
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