Air Quote by Dixie Lee Ray

It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that the most…

— Tom Wicker

Members of the press sometimes print things that aren't true.

— Hugh Panaro

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 know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue…

— Floyd Abrams

Reporters are not paid to operate in retrospect. Because when news begins to solidify into current events and finally harden intohistory, it is the…

— Anna Quindlen

Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses,…

— Irving Kristol

I've been very transparent with reporters, but they only want to print mean stuff.

— Louise Linton

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or…

— Linda Chavez

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

— Will Muschamp

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead…

— Claire Fox

Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by over verification.

— James Gordon Bennett

In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between truth and…

— Sam Harris