The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing…

I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

— Linda Ellerbee

You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the…

— Kurt Loder

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

— Walter Lippmann

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great

— Walter Lippmann

There's a whole journalistic-industrial complex dedicated to keeping newsprint, TV screens and radio waves clean of destabilizing scoops damaging to corporations or the state.

— Alexander Cockburn

“Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what George Orwell called the 'official truth'. They simply cipher and transmit lies.…

— John Pilger

So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free…

— H. L. Mencken

“The mission is, not to replace old world mindlessness with new world mindlessness, but to put an end to all forms of brainless authoritarianism.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to…

— David Henry Hwang

I hate prejudice on any level. I don't care if it's somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their…

— Charlamagne tha God

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.

— Albert Einstein

Critics are biased, and so are readers. (Indeed, a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.) But…

— Whitney Balliett

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and…

— Dale Carnegie

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

— Salman Rushdie

It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

— Dacia Maraini