Badges Quote by John Pilger

I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.

— Jorge Ramos

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

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

When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light and transparency…

— Glenn Greenwald

There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking…

— Tom Rachman

The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to…

— Walter Karp

“Mainstream media outlets and journalists act as agents of darkness, spreading fear and misinformation to please those in power. Their role is to serve…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used…

— Guy Adams

“Traditional journalism, where reporters deliver information in a balanced and unbiased fashion, is rapidly fading into obscurity. This is especially evident on television where…

— Lance Morcan

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

“What most people want to keep under wraps (from reporters) is trivial: petty jealousies, professional feuds, etc. By contrast, most of the things they…

— Thomas Boswell