Journalism Quotes · Page 123

Many news organizations have come to resemble the fact-starved blogs they once took pains to remain separate from.

— Sharyl Attkisson

Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Advertising in the final analysis should be news. If it is not news it is worthless.

— Adolph Ochs

I do think the standards of the media have dropped to an all-time low in terms of credibility.

— Vince McMahon

When America's Newspaper of Record is nothing but a propaganda ministry, what is America?

— Paul Craig Roberts

I think what has worked very well is Rachel Maddow just being Rachel. I don't think there's anyone who could give Rachel…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

— Graham Nelson

I have 'The Economist' and the 'New Scientist' on my bedside table - and 'GQ,' of course.

— Ethan Peck

I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I started moving into online work, and that exposed me to design and the impact it has on the flow, shape, and…

— David Mccandless

We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President…

— Helen Thomas

“I’ve noticed that ‘news’ is not what’s happened. It’s what’s happened on camera. If a herd of tigers runs amok in a…

— Jeremy Clarkson

I think, from a standpoint of editorial, you know, AOL historically has played in a very deep way across many different verticals…

— Tim Armstrong

The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate,…

— Tom Stoppard

There is no conflict between best in British class and being a global newspaper. We are an international newspaper rooted in the…

— Lionel Barber

The work of democratic government is routinely concerned with matters defined as troubles. In "The Presidency and the Press" I make the…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge.

— Erwin Knoll

Newspapers have an extraordinary amount of local content, including real estate listings and restaurant reviews.

— Kimbal Musk

When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.

— Ted Turner

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

— Walter Lippmann

“I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.

— Kamal Ahmed

All I try to do in the press is be honest about something that I really care about.

— Kristen Stewart

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

— Ernest Bevin

It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about…

— Brian Stelter

Foreign newspapers: if they've got nothing to hide, how come they don't print them in English?

— Stephen Colbert

'Tiempos del Mundo' is insignificant as far as the newspaper market is concerned here in Buenos Aires.

— Pepe Eliaschev

Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals.

— Frank Rich

We can't quite decide if the world is growing worse, or if the reporters are just working harder.

— Anonymous

The phone's never far away. The TV's always on. We are constantly on the news cycle; either watching the news, making the…

— S.E. Cupp

Time after time ... today's crisis shrinks to next week's footnote to a newly headline disaster.

— Hal Borland

Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar…

— Nick Denton

In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it."

— Robert Reich

It's hard to tell what is even mainstream anymore because there's so many platforms now. And they're all topics of conversation.

— Scott Adsit

The Harding/Kerrigan saga was one of the first feeding-frenzy stories that would forever change news coverage.

— Connie Chung

My council to Ted [Turner] is that he should watch Fox Business. He'll be elated to find how much substance there is…

— Lou Dobbs

I am not anti-media at all. But the media, the news anywhere in the world, is based on drama.

— Peter Jackson

Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.

— Glenn Reynolds

If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark…

— Trisha Goddard

I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke.

— Rush Limbaugh