Journalists Quotes · Page 5

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

— Dan Rather

“In the mind of the Indian public, journalists currently occupy a position of respect somewhere between pond scum and Ebola virus.”

— Sidin Vadukut

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice.

— Benjamin Cohen

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

— Sebastian Junger

“from opinion surveys that journalists are less trusted and less esteemed than used to be the case.”

— Ian Hargreaves

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me.

— Vincent Gallo

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.

— Jill Abramson

“Journalists of late seem too eager to change the world in various ways; the point is to describe it, accurately and carefully.”

— David Burr Gerrard

In the normal course of things, journalists want their story, and as soon as they are through with it, they pack their…

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

This is the whole ball game, and this is what I really want to say. I'm proud that journalists are standing up,…

— Brian Stelter

There are always ethical dilemmas that journalists face. Every day we are making decisions about 'What are we going to lead with?'…

— Alisyn Camerota

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody…

— Rory Stewart

Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call…

— Michael Hastings

For a long time I think journalists and society at large really did drink that Kool-Aid. They bought the message that the…

— Christopher Wylie

General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact…

— Michael Hastings

It's a problem sometimes when you speak to journalists. They quote you, and then they read what they wrote, and then they…

— Ehud Olmert

A lot of rappers say 'I'm talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.' And…

— Stuart Scott

Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in…

— Mairead Corrigan

I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists or writers or journalists or…

— Barbara Kruger

“When a prominent dissident was arrested in China, we would write a front-page article; when 100,000 girls were routinely kidnapped and trafficked…

— Anonymous

“I think journalism anywhere should be based on social justice and impartiality, making contributions to society as well as taking responsibility in…

— Judy Polumbaum

NPR editors and journalists found themselves caught in a game of trying to please a leadership team who did not want to…

— Juan Williams

People would like to place a standard on our show that doesn't exist. We're not set up for reporting; we don't have…

— Jon Stewart

I do think people need to recognize that a lot of journalists want to write a story a certain way because the…

— Ray Dalio

I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

— Ben Bradlee

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

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

— Osborn Elliott

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

— David Ignatius

There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are…

— Guus Hiddink

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Angry and frustrated, the journalists set about making bricks without straw.

— Patricia Moyes

I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists.

— Felix Dennis

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

— Glenn Greenwald

We've always been journalists - and have seen ourselves in that way. But we sort of recontextualized it through music.

— Stephen Mallinder

I know people my age (early 40s) who insist upon only writing. You know what we call them? Ex-journalists.

— Jeff Pearlman

Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession.

— Ram Nath Kovind

I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

“Real journalists pride themselves on getting it first and right; they get to the bottom of the story,”

— Jeannette Walls

I just don't understand why people decide to be journalists if they're not willing to investigate hard-hitting news stories.

— Ana Kasparian

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.

— Melvin Maddocks