Establishment Quote by John Pilger

Many journalists become very defensive when you suggest to them that they are anything but impartial and objective. The problem with those words "impartiality"…

— 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

“By claiming that our words are too hard to understand, the media perpetuates the idea that WE are too hard to understand, and suggests…

— C. N. Lester

“There is no room for passion in journalism—unless it is a passion for presenting the truth. Accurately, honestly, and unbiased.”

— M.J. Summers

We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from…

— Clarissa Ward

Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn't want them to know.

— Gary Webb

“I have no confidence in the media in general. In my experience, factual, objective reporting is usually a distant second to sensationalism.   Laurel”

— Jean-Pierre Harrison

I am not a great believer in the idea that journalistic neutrality means you have to abandon the people you talk to.

— Andrew Solomon

The most common thing that real reporters say to me is, "I wish I could say what you say." What I don't understand is,…

— Stephen Colbert

Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole set of…

— John Pilger

“What you read in the newspapers, hear on the radio and see on television, is hardly even the truth as seen by experts; it…

— Hans Eysenck

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with…

— Evelyn Waugh