Ciphers Quote by John Pilger

“Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what George Orwell called the 'official truth'. They simply cipher and transmit lies.…

— John Pilger

Journalists are more powerful now than they've ever been, and we all know what power does. Anyone who disses the media is really asking…

— Charles McGrath

It's only when journalists understand the role they play in this propaganda, it's only when they realize they can't be both independent, honest journalists…

— John Pilger

All reporters have a stripe of irreverence in their mental makeup. It usually keeps them from turning into toadies, a danger for those who…

— Carolyn Hart

Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Journalists are simply leftists disguised as reporters. They're political activists disguised as reporters.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

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

— David Grann

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead…

— Claire Fox

Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than…

— Howard Rheingold

“But newspapers have a duty to truth,' Van said. Lev clucked his tongue. 'They tell the truth only as the exception. Zola wrote that…

— Barbara Kingsolver

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting…

— Will McDonough