--- title: "8 Covering News Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Covering News quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Covering News sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/wadah-khanfar-19418_al_news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the_76209.jpg" --- > [News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wadah-khanfar/news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the-main-commodity-and-the-main/) [Wadah Khanfar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wadah-khanfar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/wadah-khanfar-19418_al_news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the_76209.jpg) > [My mom likes to say I've been covering news since the day I was born - longer if you count my time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-tur/my-mom-likes-to-say-i-ve-been-covering-news-since-the-day-i-was-born/) [Katy Tur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-tur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/katy-tur-10146_born_my-mom-likes-to-say-i-ve-been-covering-n_665031.jpg) > [I think the news people no longer have any idea of what covering the news is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/i-think-the-news-people-no-longer-have-any-idea-of-what-covering-the/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f58/bill-maher-211_covering_i-think-the-news-people-no-longer-have-a_1089655.png) > [Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-acosta/well-i-think-we-can-t-avoid-covering-the-news-and-when-the-president/) [Jim Acosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-acosta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/jim-acosta-19306_american_well-i-think-we-can-t-avoid-covering-the_1439368.jpg) > [The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/the-current-wisdom-now-is-that-if-the-three-networks-are-covering-the/) [Roone Arledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roone-arledge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/roone-arledge-25550_anchors_the-current-wisdom-now-is-that-if-the-th_1470068.jpg) > [A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-smith/a-news-conference-is-a-device-by-which-the-establishment-keeps-large/) [Sam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/sam-smith-2934_conferences_a-news-conference-is-a-device-by-which-t_1834574.jpg) > [I'm often asking people on Twitter what they think about issues we're covering on the news. And I try and respond to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-newman/i-m-often-asking-people-on-twitter-what-they-think-about-issues-we-re/) [Cathy Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/cathy-newman-5422_many_i-m-often-asking-people-on-twitter-what_2323833.jpg) > [I see a pretty bright line between analysis and opinion. And so, to that end, my goal on Friday nights is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-see-a-pretty-bright-line-between-analysis-and-opinion-and-so-to/) [Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/gwen-ifill-10218_analysis_i-see-a-pretty-bright-line-between-analy_3205174.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/covering-news/#itemlist", "name": "Covering News Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wadah Khanfar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wadah-khanfar/news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the-main-commodity-and-the-main/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/wadah-khanfar-19418_al_news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the_76209.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/wadah-khanfar-19418_al_news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the_76209.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/wadah-khanfar-19418_al_news-is-the-backbone-of-our-network-the_76209.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“News is the backbone of our network; 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