Journalism Quotes · Page 64

In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'

— Tucker Carlson

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can…

— Anne Lamott

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice…

— John M. Ford

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

— Michael Pollan

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

— Jim Hightower

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret,…

— Dave Eggers

I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.

— Steven Holl

Cable news tends to be talking points - you don't have that much time to substantively unpack an issue.

— Margaret Hoover

I think it's always really important in broadcast to be able to get different views across and not just go down one…

— Isa Guha

Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about…

— William Finnegan

Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity…

— Bonnie Raitt

Watching people getting absorbed in news, I have learned that if the media wants, it can empower citizens with its brave questions.…

— Ravish Kumar

A lot of journalists help us to better understand the world by zooming out and sometimes zooming in on a really important…

— Rutger Bregman

I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, 'Are you planning…

— Ed Asner

“The reporters who came to the press conference in the office of the John Galt Line were young men who had been…

— Ayn Rand

Al Gore announced Tuesday that he plans to launch a 24-hour cable news network for young adults. Gore claims he's been wanting…

— Tina Fey

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

— Karl Kraus

“Until recently, 'the news' has meant to different things - events that are newsworthy, and events covered by the press.”

— Clay Shirky

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

— Rowan Williams

“the easy bit – passing the material to sympathetic journalists – was proving tricky.”

— Luke Harding

Why are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even…

— Paul Beatty

I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started…

— Ted Turner

“Shall we go?' he murmured, perhaps regretting his decision to show me his army of plastic cartoon figurines.”

— Jon Ronson

Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The White House has announced that they no longer recognize Fox as a news organization, which puts them about eight years behind…

— David Letterman

As a journalist, I fundamentally believe that keeping the public informed is an essential part of democracy.

— Margaret Brennan

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.

— Will Rogers

Putting out a newspaper without promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark -- well-intentioned, but ineffective.

— William Randolph Hearst

An enormous problem with paid media, especially at the congressional level, is it all starts to look alike.

— Roger Ailes

There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think of better company.

— Osborn Elliott

Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the…

— Ken Livingstone

Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible. I’ll never master that.

— Stig Dagerman

Good journalism is good business practice; good business supports great journalism.

— Lachlan Murdoch

I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

— Cokie Roberts

It is inconceivable that CNN's morning show or any other show could be anything but horribly boring. Why? Because they won't let…

— Cenk Uygur

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

— Lewis H. Lapham

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day-23 minutes-and that's supposed to be enough.

— Walter Cronkite

You know what they say? They say, 'The print media is dying' - who says that? Well, the media.

— Patrick Chappatte

The most profound lessons about journalism I've learned have been taught to me by the people I've covered.

— Jodi Kantor

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.

— George Steiner