Action Quote by Alfredo Jaar

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that…

— John Pilger

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their…

— Oscar Wilde

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people…

— Michael Kinsley

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly…

— Jonathan Demme

I just think we as consumers of information media must be very clear what it is we are consuming. Whether we are choosing to…

— Gwen Ifill

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

— Dave Barry

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

— Christopher Lasch

Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism.

— Hedrick Smith

For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or…

— Arianna Huffington

“In a...media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always…

— Barack Obama

While many people think that we as reporters are whining and that this is a time of war, we are really the conveyors of…

— Judd Rose

The problem of journalism is simple. Journalists are rarely in a position to establish the truth of an issue themselves, since they didn't' witness…

— Edward Jay Epstein