The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
