Journalism Quotes · Page 44

Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

— H. L. Mencken

I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

— Anonymous

That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I believe business news is general news.

— Roger Ailes

“emotionless tone hurting as much as the news”

— Dan Brown

I am grateful to journalism for waking me up to the realities of the world.

— Eduardo Galeano

“I want to be a journalist again. I want to make a difference in the world.”

— Chris Cleave

There's so much in the media that's not the truth.

— Ed Schultz

I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism,…

— Tom Brokaw

Modern media has a real tendency to focus on the divisions rather than the commonalities.

— Todd Young

The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.

— Kevin Drum

Every exchange between reporters and officials is important - that's why every State press briefing is put into the archives.

— Katie Pavlich

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.

— Ellen Goodman

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

— David Ignatius

In the highly unlikely event that the 'Telegraph' was to be sold again, then 'The Spectator' doesn't go with it.

— Andrew Neil

I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.

— John Gruber

Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is…

— Bruce Jackson

It matters that we have balance and facts and push people when they need to be pushed so that we can give…

— Brooke Baldwin

Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now),…

— Andrew Bacevich

There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to…

— Jessica Williams

The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of…

— Daniel Craig

I do a lot of reading of news so I can be smarter, and I do a lot of watching TV news…

— Lizz Winstead

“This 'vampire' stuff is to stay right in this room. Until we have the assailant in custody we say nothing about these…

— Jeff Rice

The Washington Post is and has been the greatest historic competitor of the New York Times. Half of me, though, the unselfish…

— Dean Baquet

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

— Jill Sobule

“ became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.”

— Henry R. Luce

I watch some CNN and a lot of Fox, because it helps me get irritated.

— Lewis Black

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

— Eileen Pollack

I watch the news. It fuels my rage; it informs my work.

— Lydia Lunch

A career in journalism suddenly lost its appeal.

— Andy Grove

Gravitas is the soup bone in the stew of television news.

— Stephen Colbert

The problem of media/politics is multifold. Many things are out of whack.

— Robert Kane Pappas

“anchors talking about how not all of LA seemed”

— Ezekiel Boone

The news business is simple, but it's not easy to do well.

— Roger Ailes

A good reporter remains a skeptic all his life.

— Jack Smith

“Isn’t the media supposed to keep government responsible?”

— Jameson Currier

The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.

— Al Ries

“The New York Times Review of Books is toilet paper. Used.”

— James Purdy

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

— Amy Carter