High school Quote by H. L. Mencken

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist, the courage of a rat, the fairness of a…

— Henry Louis Mencken

“Newspapers are owned and published by rich men. Rich men all belong to the same club. Sure, there’s competition—hard tough competition for circulation, for…

— Raymond Chandler

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman

“A good newspaper is never good enough, but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.”

— Garrison Keillor

The newspaper journalists like to believe the worst; they can sell more papers that way, as one of them told me himself; for even…

— Margaret Atwood

“Newspapers, of course, need both news and fanfare. A blending of gossip and truth.”

— Paul Tobin

“For I aint, you must know,' said Betty, 'much of a hand at reading writing-hand, though I can read my Bible and most print.…

— Charles Dickens

A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are but with the way they ought to…

— Joseph Pulitzer

The best newspapermen I know are those most thrilled by the daily pump of city room excitements; they long fondly for a good murder;…

— Pete Hamill

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad…

— H. L. Mencken

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

“It's worse in the case of newspapers. Any rich, unprogressive old party with that particularly grasping, acquisitive form of mentality known as financial genius…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald