Journalism Quotes · Page 62

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

— Sharyl Attkisson

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

In an increasingly polarized world, it's hard to know whom to trust. CNN will be the only news channel that doesn't take…

— Jeff Zucker

There is zero chaos, we are running - this is a fine-tuned machine. And Reince [Priebus] is doing a good job but…

— Donald Trump

I was in Bucks County at the 'Bucks County Currier Times,' which is a great place to start for any reporter who…

— Erik Larson

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

— Walter Lippmann

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

“The second analog-era mechanism that encourages serendipity involves the physical limitations of the print newspaper, which forces you to pass by a…

— Steven Johnson

Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation's capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead…

— P. J. O'Rourke

In 1967, my mother - then Francie Weinman - graduated from Northwestern University with a degree from the prestigious Medill School of…

— Dana Bash

While we can all access articles and information in so many places now - across blogs, in newspapers, on video - there…

— Michael Wolf

In our society, I see public media as a lever. It pushes people by elevating them and their sights. It brings them…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

I hated the culture [working in the bank], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted…

— Sharif Abdel Kouddous

I actually had an up-and-down relationship with the media. There were so many times where I think I offended people, or I…

— Ryan Clark

Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that,…

— Dixie Lee Ray

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

— Ted Turner

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

— Ethan Peck

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

— Graham Nelson

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

“If it’s true that nothing is more potent than an idea, then those who control the media can direct minds en masse.”

— Lance Morcan

I'm not insulting Trump supporters; I'm calling the people that CNN puts on television terrible representatives of the views of conservatives.

— Jon Lovett

...most of the press were vultures descending on the scene for curious America aplomb. Cameras inside the coffin interviewing worms.

— Jim Morrison

The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.

— Barbara Boxer

“in order to enjoy the inestimable benefits which the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable…

— Anonymous

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.

— Joanna Newsom

CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what…

— Rupert Murdoch

I was a chemistry major when I first went to college, which turned out to be a huge mistake. When I realized…

— Kaitlan Collins

“It's always worrying to see a journalist take a sudden interest in what you're saying, especially when you half suspect it was…

— Terry Pratchett

I went to journalism school, so sometimes writing the script of 'Being Mary Jane' is me putting my journalism hat on.

— Mara Brock Akil

Gawker was a site built to destroy lives. Its mission was to discover the worst moment in a person's life - and…

— Ben Domenech

Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for all intents and purposes…

— Dave Zirin

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

— Mike Wallace

Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.

— Hunter S. Thompson

It's harder and harder for journalists to get out in the field and interview Iraqis. The Web can get these voices out…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I think viewers know CNN delivers time and time again on the most important stories.

— Brooke Baldwin

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but…

— Albert Camus

Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.

— Archibald MacLeish

“He thought I’d be his best reporter, said I had a surprising mind. In my two years on the job I’d consistently…

— Gillian Flynn

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone…

— Guy Garvey