Editors Quote by Edna Buchanan

“As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's a quote…

— Jacob Weisberg

Careful writing is important for many reasons, not least that intelligent but hurried reporters will trust the presser, resulting in a cascade of secondary…

— Dave deBronkart

All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists.

— Frank Ocean

A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending…

— James Fallows

The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.

— Thorstein Veblen

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

— Maxwell Perkins

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go…

— Bill Keller

Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free to say…

— Michael Parenti

Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting…

— Roger Ailes

Never trust a journalist.

— Wendy Cope

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've learned I can't really affect or control what journalists write, so I just try my best to be transparent and answer the questions…

— Michelle Wu