Journalism Quotes · Page 76

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

— John Oliver

The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the…

— Lachlan Murdoch

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

— Jimmy Breslin

The media is 15 minutes of my day, sometimes 30. So it's not the biggest thing to do. I'll answer the questions…

— Scottie Scheffler

Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants.

— Rick Bragg

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

— Christiane Amanpour

A good journalistic organisation upholds four values: inform, reflect, crusade, connect.

— Jane Eisner

I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography…

— Jamelle Bouie

Even if I had any money I would rather burn everything I own and not even give them the ashes. They could…

— Peter Sunde

For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people. Sometimes those real…

— Jason Rezaian

Officials and journalists live in parallel but separate realities; they see and talk to each other, may have a meal and gossip…

— Josh Marshall

It used to be CNN and other television outlets were founded on this idea of a news wheel. You give us 22…

— Jeff Zucker

I kid Fox News, but they may be a little biased. We had an earthquake here on Monday, and they reported that…

— Bill Maher

“We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their congressmen, countries try to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on…

— Jay Leno

On behalf of the newspaper industry I wish to announce some changes we're making to serve you better. When I say 'serve…

— Dave Barry

I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began.

— Ronald Frame

Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it…

— John Prendergast

I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.

— Dana Perino

I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.

— Warren Christopher

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

— Jerry Seinfeld

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always…

— Maureen Dowd

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

— Maria Shriver

In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'

— Tucker Carlson

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can…

— Anne Lamott

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

— Michael Pollan

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice…

— John M. Ford

“The media, like anything else, can be bought. Everything, it seems, has its price. Even the free press.”

— Lance Morcan

Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.

— Maureen Dowd

I'm a pundit. I'm, like, paid to be a narcissistic blowhard and be in front of the camera.

— David Brooks

I am someone that follows the news and reads newspapers yet what do you believe and what don't you.

— PJ Harvey

I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.

— Chris Wallace

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no…

— Walter Cronkite

Cable news tends to be talking points - you don't have that much time to substantively unpack an issue.

— Margaret Hoover

I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.

— Steven Holl

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

— Karl Kraus

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret,…

— Dave Eggers

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

— Jim Hightower

I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started…

— Ted Turner

Why are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even…

— Paul Beatty