Government Quote by Gary Webb

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

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations...

— George Orwell

The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff secret. There's…

— Alex Gibney

The inability or unwillingness of citizens to differentiate between fake and authentic news is undermining a fundamental assumption of democracy: the informed voter.

— Richard Edelman

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

— Walter Cronkite

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

— Anonymous

“What you read in the newspapers, hear on the radio and see on television, is hardly even the truth as seen by experts; it…

— Hans Eysenck

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its…

— Glenn Greenwald

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that…

— John Pilger

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

— George Orwell

I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national…

— James Risen

Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those in power submitted themselves to it.

— Maria Ressa