2012 election Quote by Juan Williams

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

“In politics democracy itself is at stake in this world of high-speed always-on news. Political reporters pronounce sudden verdicts upon the politicians they often…

— Ian Hargreaves

A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in particular it's…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

Big media are all about the angle, the spin. Look to the overarching theme that runs through each and every news story. Be hip…

— Ilana Mercer

Journalists used to be obsessed with working at a New York magazine or newspaper or TV network. Now the entire industry is obsessed with…

— Jason Whitlock

Our job is not to amuse our readers. Our mission is to stir them, inform and inflame them. Our task is to continually hold…

— Tony Auth

Slate is not a political magazine but a lot of what it does is politics.

— David Plotz

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated…

— Daniel Hannan

I've always been a news junkie, and an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, and this interest only ramped up during the campaign of…

— Michiko Kakutani

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially…

— Ron Suskind

Social media has become a primary factor in political campaigns.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is…

— Joe Wilson