Committed Quote by Hedrick Smith

We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The…

— Conrad Black

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make…

— Dan Rather

Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.

— Sam Harris

Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops…

— Alfredo Jaar

One of the great weaknesses of journalists is they interview people and they think that's important. They think that they are going to show…

— George Friedman

The problem of journalism is simple. Journalists are rarely in a position to establish the truth of an issue themselves, since they didn't' witness…

— Edward Jay Epstein

Some journalists are schmucks, in it for themselves, willing to cut corners. But in my experience the vast majority of journalists are trying to…

— Brian Stelter

Journalists have to do their job. And journalists have to resist emotionalism. You have to keep your cool and to continue to do your…

— David Frum

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

— Karl Kraus

Serious journalists often imagine society is adrift because people don't know certain things. Yet often, they know but just don't care. So the task…

— Alain de Botton

There are times when I feel that the journalists go overboard to get a bit of juicy news, but I guess that's a part…

— Soha Ali Khan