Journalism Quotes · Page 115

I think in many aspects the press does amazing things and helps a lot of people.

— Stephanie Grisham

I think 'Slate''s editorial staff understands the intersection of journalism and technology better than any other.

— Jacob Weisberg

Even before I joined journalism, I knew that this is what I wanted to do. Tintin was an early inspiration.

— Bobby Ghosh

Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers.

— Pat Mitchell

Fox News's coverage of 9/11 and the war in Iraq improved its ratings, demonstrated its influence, and intensified the controversy over its practices.

— Jill Lepore

If anything, the power of the cover of 'Time' has increased as the media landscape has atomized.

— Nancy Gibbs

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.

— Marlon Brando

Remember that the headline and the appeals are ONE AND THE SAME. In successful ads, the appeal is almost always expressed in…

— John Caples

I have prided myself with striving for objectivity, something many literary-minded critics dismiss as impossible. But in Washington, reporters are practically the…

— Jon Weisman

Point of view changes so much as time goes on. And it's important to acknowledge that the truth is multifaceted. And yet…

— Mary Gaitskill

I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not liberal, by definition of it, then they can hardly…

— Walter Cronkite

“Time dims memory. But not that kind. Somewhere in a corner of the brain, one little cell never forgets. It keeps the…

— Kay Mills

“I used to think the most important thing for a reporter was to be where the news is and be the first…

— Judy Polumbaum

Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United…

— Thurgood Marshall

Launching a newspaper without a coherent idea of how you're going to promote it, or get it to people who might want…

— Charlie Pierce

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation…

— Geraldo Rivera

I have no interest in interfering or involving myself in journalistic integrity or process.

— Michael O'Rielly

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.

— Melvin Maddocks

One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.

— Barry Ritholtz

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far…

— Tom Daschle

I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.

— Phil Donahue

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

— Rupert Murdoch

I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas City…

— Kevin Sessums

The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.

— Jorge Ramos

Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.

— George Bernard Shaw

Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books.

— Theodore Tilton

Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.

— Robert D. Kaplan

“You are still just doing journalism—or, worse, book reviewing. “What lice will do, when they have no more blood to suck,” as…

— Chad Harbach

Every good journalist is aware that his trade may one day go the way of phrenology-and, what's more, the population will hardly…

— David Remnick

The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did.

— Alain de Botton

I don't watch the news because I understand that I'm like a science lab. Whatever I take in is how I feel.

— Skepta

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.

— Dionne Bromfield

I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

— Ken Livingstone

As a journalist, you don't tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can't expect that. It's not…

— Sheila Heti

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.

— Tabitha Soren

“I came only to report the news, to gather information. I didn't come to find out the truth.”

— Siriworn Kaewkan

A race without journalists also has one advantage for Max: he does not have to give so many interviews.

— Jos Verstappen

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and fear.

— Aidan White

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

— Nick Denton

TV news dominates politics and is extremely low-bandwidth: it contains a few hundred words and rarely uses graphics properly.

— Dominic Cummings