Journalism Quotes by Molly Ivins

I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

— Molly Ivins

Don't get me started about the media double standard.

— Molly Ivins

'The New York Times' is a great newspaper: it is also No Fun.

— Molly Ivins

I couldn't find any way to tell the truth in a regular newspaper.

— Molly Ivins

I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

— Molly Ivins

I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.

— Molly Ivins

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

— Molly Ivins

I left the 'Trib' in 1970 with the feeling that I would never have a career in establishment media of any kind.

— Molly Ivins

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in…

— Molly Ivins

I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of…

— Molly Ivins

The danger of the blogosphere is reading only those you agree with. While there are right-wing blogs that are entertaining freak shows,…

— Molly Ivins

During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look…

— Molly Ivins

As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shih tzus in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the…

— Molly Ivins

I really do think we're going through a period of concentration of ownership of media, and we're starting to see the effects…

— Molly Ivins

I have long argued that no one should be allowed to write opinion without spending years as a reporter - nothing like…

— Molly Ivins