Communication Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

In-depth reporting is expensive. It is much cheaper to have people sit around or on remotes and talk about politics like it's baseball. But…

— Robert Kane Pappas

It's important for the writers of the presidential daily brief to feel comfortable that the documents will never be politicized and/or unnecessarily exposed for…

— George W. Bush

I had to learn early on that where conservatives are concerned, the truth about them is the last thing anybody wants to report. It's…

— Rush Limbaugh

Don't believe your own press, and don't give speeches.

— Sergio Marchionne

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind…

— Dan Rather

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

— Peggy Noonan

They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they…

— Roger Ailes

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I…

— Vince Flynn

Our reporters do not cover stories from their point of view. They are presenting them from nobodys point of view.

— Richard S. Salant

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

— Oliver Goldsmith

“We plaster our news reports with political pundits not offering independent opinions but serving their masters.”

— Sharyl Attkisson