Failure Quote by Molly Ivins

“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general…

— Ruth Ozeki

“After all of this, I was beginning to feel that the way people got news shouldn’t be in the hands of the government, but…

— Bella Forrest

A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big…

— Bill Moyers

The government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you know, a…

— Jon Stewart

When's the last time CNN broke an important story or really made the government angry? I literally can't remember. That's because they're built to…

— Cenk Uygur

You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

— David Hare

A scared journalist produces a lifeless citizen. If our news is scared of the government, it is great injustice to readers and viewers who…

— Ravish Kumar

“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

“Many politicians are tantalizing storytellers, as they mix facts with fiction, grab our emotion and tell things, they want us to believe. Their factoids…

— Erik Pevernagie

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up…

— Laurie Garrett

“We wanted to produce a newspaper which would put (1) class and (2) violence back at the top of the anarchist agenda. It would…

— Ian Bone

“In America the president reigns for 4 years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.”

— Oscar Wilde