Bigs Quote by Michael Kinsley Download Open image “Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.” — Michael Kinsley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bigs Complicated Conventions Deals Hard Journalistic Lying Reporters
There are not two sides to a story when one side is a lie. Journalists - and the rest of us - must stop… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
“Journalists usually treat anything as true if someone in a position of ostensible authority is willing to say it, even anonymously (and if no one is going to sue over it). The accuracy of anyone’s statement, particularly if that person is a public official, is often deemed irrelevant. If no evidence is available for an argument a journalist wishes to… — Eric Alterman Copy Share
I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing... — David Weigel Copy Share Image
Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have taken their… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I'm not saying it's simple to find and tell the truth. It takes a great deal of hard work, intellectual honesty, open-mindedness, and a… — Brad Parks Copy Share Image
Folks, Brian Williams isn't the exception. He's exactly what they've taught us to expect from them all. It's not journalism any more - it's… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property without just compensation. The basic model of an unconstitutional aking would be if… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
He hasn't said whether he remembers the episode itself - or, if he doesn't, whether that is because it never happened or because it… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
One answer is that the town's elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would be if… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first. I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let… — Kim Alexis Copy Share
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be. — Kenny Wormald Copy Share
The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is a famous journalistic legend about the time a young reporter covered the Johnstown flood of 1889. The kid wrote: God sat on a hillside overlooking Johnstown today and looked at the destruction He had wrought. His… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't want this to be a distraction. This has been distracting enough. I'm not going to rehash this going forward. I'm sure other… — Jayson Werth Copy Share Image
I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal it’s a big thing — Gene Baur Copy Share Image