Applause Quote by Chet Huntley

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

— Eric Schlosser

...self-important western journalists who'd given up their sacred trust to become cheerleaders for trendy causes, the way communist journalists had once been cheerleaders for…

— Naomi Ragen

In an era of 'fake news' the role of trained and professional journalists has never been more important.

— Wes Streeting

If the media is just a cheerleader for an authoritarian populist, who isn't that popular, then we're in a sorry state. The media has…

— Irvine Welsh

Journalists are more powerful now than they've ever been, and we all know what power does. Anyone who disses the media is really asking…

— Charles McGrath

Journalists aren't known for their courage so much as their belief that there is safety in crowds.

— Mollie Hemingway

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

I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

— Jane Pauley

Journalists have to do their job. And journalists have to resist emotionalism. You have to keep your cool and to continue to do your…

— David Frum

I don't think there's any question journalists have become targets, but then I think that - that anyone who tries to practice liberty becomes…

— Adam Gopnik

Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than…

— Howard Rheingold

We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account.

— Robert Rinder