Conventions Quote by Dave Barry

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside…

— Ron Suskind

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings…

— William Greider

The point of a political party is to attract a broad base of members and activists and lots of them.

— James Cleverly

The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.

— James Ellis

As you know, I am not a writer but a Party functionary. But like every Communist I consider myself to have been mobilized by…

— Leonid Brezhnev

Political parties usually try to lay low or provide effective responses to the opposite party's convention.

— Mollie Hemingway

The party's got to see itself as being one public service organization in a very competitive field, all of whom are competing for the…

— Michael Ignatieff

Journalists undoubtedly have a duty to push, cajole, and aggressively maneuver around campaign handlers in order for the public to see a candidate unscripted.

— Richard Grenell

I don't know that I 'look up' to them, but in our predictably partisan media world, I admire journalists who are genuinely nonpartisan and…

— Willie Geist

“Publicity has another social function. The fact that this function has not been planned as a purpose by those make and use publicity in…

— John Berger

A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in particular it's…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh