Journalism Quotes · Page 67

Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and…

— Jennifer Lee

Freedom of the press in Britain is freedom to print such of the proprietor's prejudices as the advertiser's won't object to

— Helen Swaffer

I don't want to impede free press, by the way. The last thing I would want to do is that.

— Donald Trump

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

— Henry R. Luce

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

— Scott Weiland

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.

— Julian Assange

We do the press because we know logically it influences how we are perceived, but we don't pay attention to it after…

— Fab Moretti

There are newsweeklies that are dead. Some may still be walking, but they're dead.

— Norman Pearlstine

Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's…

— Jonathan S. Tobin

Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands…

— Joseph Prince

The idea that a reporter has to be 'fair and balanced' is ridiculous. The fact is, the truth usually is not fair…

— Lou Dobbs

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there.…

— Ralph Steadman

“In 1855, as the price of paper rose, Dr. Deck proposed to dig up 2 1/2 million tons of Egyptian mummies, ship…

— Nicholson Baker

I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence…

— Al Gore

Journalism today is obviously in a major transition. Going to journalism school, learning how to write, working your way up in a…

— Gail Sheehy

Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by…

— Joseph Addison

I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I…

— Lynn Coady

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

— Josh Allen

You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.

— Tim Hetherington

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.

— Neil Drumming

Polls are the corporate media's standardized tests to determine how well we have learned what it has taught us.

— Sam Smith

From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers…

— Ferdinand Lassalle

“We often knock politicians for refusing to admit error. But journalists appear equally reluctant to admit a mistake.”

— Anonymous

Like so much of President Obama's decisions over the past six years, this is another photo-op with a compliant press that does…

— Erick Erickson

In a fascist shift, reporters start to face more and more harassment, and they have to be more and more courageous simply…

— Naomi Wolf

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.

— Anonymous

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

— David Talbot

When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I…

— Tabitha Soren

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

— Bob Schieffer

CBS's Ed Murrow may have been over-celebrated as the principled observer for the masses, fair yet unafraid to take on the bullies.

— Tina Brown

I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.

— Kara Swisher

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news

— Marilyn vos Savant

Of course, I'm not saying that news interviews can't be adversarial. Sometimes, you have to be nasty Columbo or we'd never get…

— Graham Linehan

Maybe when they no longer receive Sierra magazine in their mailboxes, journalists will understand how campaign finance reform abridges free speech.

— Matt Welch

It's important that communities support local, independent journalism, which many people rely upon for information relevant to their daily lives.

— Michiko Kakutani

For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.

— Bruce Jackson

Imagine what you could do if you had the ability to broadcast live video from anywhere, anytime. It changes the way news…

— Justin Kan

There's an obvious investment in some media circles in the "narrative" of "the pope who's finally going to get with it."

— George Weigel

While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect…

— Norman Mailer

We have to really be intentional right now about holding the media accountable, and taking back the discourse and terms of discussion.…

— Ani DiFranco