Cynical Quote by Joe Klein

Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite.

— David Grann

The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history.

— Richard Harwood

Since becoming a journalist, each time I engage with subjects I become more radicalized.

— Malcolm Gladwell

As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards,…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that…

— Charles Kuralt

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times…

— Robert Redford

Journalism is a fascinating job, you get to study people, you have a great responsibility, and it never grows old. I love the profession,…

— Paul Walter Hauser

Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of the reasons…

— Robert Caro

Reporters tend to find in others what they are suited to find, so there is a whole school of reporting where they are cynical…

— Ira Glass

I think if there's some kind of crisis in news journalism... a crisis of credibility, then it's been created by journalists. I'm empathetic, I…

— Russell Crowe

Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories…

— Leslie Cockburn

I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing...

— David Weigel