--- title: "12 Hard News Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Hard News quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Hard News sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/candy-crowley-27207_am_i-am-a-hard-news-journalist-that-is-what_951300.png" --- > [I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candy-crowley/i-am-a-hard-news-journalist-that-is-what-i-do/) [Candy Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candy-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/candy-crowley-27207_am_i-am-a-hard-news-journalist-that-is-what_951300.png) > [It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-harmsworth-1st-viscount-northcliffe/it-is-hard-news-that-catches-readers-features-hold-them/) [Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-harmsworth-1st-viscount-northcliffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/alfred-harmsworth-1st-viscount_books_it-is-hard-news-that-catches-readers-fea_1351335.png) > [“Today’s hard news stories were yesterday’s dystopian SF. Rereading”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-cadigan/today-s-hard-news-stories-were-yesterday-s-dystopian-sf-rereading/) [Pat Cadigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-cadigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/pat-cadigan-48220_hard-news_today-s-hard-news-stories-were-yesterday_613313.jpg) > [What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/what-happened-was-very-sad-mr-lacey-told-the-staff-that-he-was/) [Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/sydney-schanberg-27085_appalled_what-happened-was-very-sad-mr-lacey-told_1099442.jpg) > [Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-marr/hard-news-really-is-hard-it-sticks-not-in-the-craw-but-in-the-mind-it/) [Andrew Marr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-marr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/andrew-marr-9182_effects_hard-news-really-is-hard-it-sticks-not-i_1826573.png) > [I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-feel-no-compulsion-to-be-a-pundit-as-a-matter-of-fact-i-really-don/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/walter-cronkite-1759_feel_i-feel-no-compulsion-to-be-a-pundit-as-a_1255543.png) > [If you've got a big star like O'Reilly, it does overshadow what the hard-news guys do during the day. That's the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/if-you-ve-got-a-big-star-like-o-reilly-it-does-overshadow-what-the/) [Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/roger-ailes-2123_big_if-you-ve-got-a-big-star-like-o-reilly-i_88697.png) > [I think that what people want from cable news channels is the sense that if there's hard news, it's going to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-hume/i-think-that-what-people-want-from-cable-news-channels-is-the-sense/) [Brit Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/brit-hume-13174_come-up_i-think-that-what-people-want-from-cable_1060862.jpg) > [When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kuralt/when-i-worked-in-los-angeles-covering-hard-news-very-often-when/) [Charles Kuralt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kuralt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/charles-kuralt-7624_covering_when-i-worked-in-los-angeles-covering-ha_257846.png) > [If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-soren/if-the-breaking-news-story-had-to-do-with-hard-news-politics/) [Tabitha Soren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-soren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/tabitha-soren-27583_breaking-news_if-the-breaking-news-story-had-to-do-wit_2928971.jpg) > [“there is one situation worse than too much information: not enough of it. When hard news is scarce, rumors arise everywhere. Rumors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-g-chang/there-is-one-situation-worse-than-too-much-information-not-enough-of/) [Gordon G. Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-g-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/gordon-g-chang-10335_internet_there-is-one-situation-worse-than-too-mu_2397292.jpg) > [There are many great outlets that we love and respect, but 'The North Star' really is going to be a hard news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-king/there-are-many-great-outlets-that-we-love-and-respect-but-the-north/) [Shaun King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/shaun-king-5314_correspondents_there-are-many-great-outlets-that-we-lov_17811.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard-news/#itemlist", "name": "Hard News Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a hard-news journalist. 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