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“Reporters would just use the most interesting (and, usually, unhelpful) sound bites in my lengthy responses to their questions, instead of writing about the…

— Al Franken

“It seemed that the media pretty much controlled how the average person perceived the situation. We had little respect for journalists. Throughout my career,…

— Duncan Falconer

“The reporter had to set his or her own course, had to push back against editors at times, to roam and be free to…

— Bob Woodward

“Reporters trade in pain. It sells papers. Everyone knows that.”

— Jonathan Maberry

“Interviews were invented to make journalism less passive. Instead of waiting for something to happen, journalists ask someone what should or could happen.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

All reporters have a stripe of irreverence in their mental makeup. It usually keeps them from turning into toadies, a danger for those who…

— Carolyn Hart

“It’s the great flaw of journalism. The more something happens, the less newsworthy it is.”

— Nathan Hill

Reporters are not merely recording devices that take down what people say and repeat it in print; we are expected to use our knowledge…

— Gene Weingarten

“I'm the official unofficial reporter.”

— I.B. Nosey

“Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity.”

— Ryu Murakami

I think any reasonable person knows which reporters to eliminate.

— Megyn Kelly