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We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in…

— Nick Clegg

We have, without any fanfare or much conversation, moved into a era in which news organizations are expected to explain themselves. Twenty years ago,…

— Alex Jones

My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news…

— Rupert Murdoch

Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have…

— David Puttnam

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

— Mercedes Schlapp

Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

— Bob Woodward

“We live in what is called a democracy, rule by the majority of the people. A fine ideal if it could be made to…

— Raymond Chandler

Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness and even…

— Michael Jackson

Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the…

— Jesse Jackson

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

— George Orwell

As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the…

— Lester Holt