Journalism Quotes · Page 95

“I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that…

— Sara Sheridan

Without aging white males, I doubt the 'New York Times' would survive. How many young people, females, Hispanics and blacks subscribe to…

— Dennis Prager

It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism.

— Diana Rigg

You know that things are not going well when you lose the moral high ground to a TMZ reporter,

— John Oliver

If the press can take the easy option, they will. To them, I'm always 'the wild man.'

— Keith Allen

Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool…

— Pete Seeger

“When the media enjoy such excessive profits from this mass hysteria, what incentive do they have to restrain it?”

— T. Rafael Cimino

Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and…

— Bernie Sanders

The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[for] photographic journalism, because of its tremendous audience reached by…

— W. Eugene Smith

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a…

— Jon Ronson

Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper…

— Clarence Darrow

I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the…

— Michael Moore

The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when…

— Thomas Watson, Jr

The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the…

— Malcolm X

Where nationally televised news had been a once-nightly ritual, it has since grown into a 24-hour-a-day habit, available on channels devoted entirely…

— Dave Itzkoff

There is so much going on in our country and in the world today... We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped…

— Jonathan Demme

Tucker Carlson has the new seven p.m. show on Fox and right now it may be the most interesting and engaging show.

— Rush Limbaugh

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust…

— Billy Tauzin

I have learned as a journalist that if you look long enough and hard enough and carefully enough, most truths are discoverable.

— Edward Klein

I still quite enjoy watching Fox News because I think it makes me think through my arguments and make sure I'm on…

— Brianna Wu

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.

— Zadie Smith

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their…

— Alexei Sayle

All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists.

— Frank Ocean

The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.

— Matthew Heineman

The 'New York Times' is my homepage because it forces me to go right into the news.

— Carrie Brownstein

It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network'…

— Andrea Mitchell

The news is not a mirror of social conditions, but the report of an aspect that has obtruded itself.

— Walter Lippmann

When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before

— Dahr Jamail

Start with local press first. Start with people you know. Don't pitch every journalist.

— Ben Parr

I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.

— Walter Cronkite

It can be difficult navigating the line between tabloid gossip and authenticity.

— Sia

We've got to make sure we keep the media attention on us; being on telly and in the papers gets people interested.

— Steph Houghton

If you are going to emphasize certain words in the headline, be sure that they are the words that say something.

— John Caples

The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will…

— Asne Seierstad

I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life,…

— Charles Kuralt

I know of no human being who has a better time than an eager and energetic young reporter.

— H. L. Mencken

If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who…

— Harry Reasoner

When you look at the 'New York Times,' you look at other elite media, what you largely get are pictures of very…

— Ethan Zuckerman

There was a vacuum in investigation, and the press began to try men in the most effective court in the country.

— Daniel Schorr