Good news Quote by Norman Mailer

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

— Gore Vidal

A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are but with the way they ought to…

— Joseph Pulitzer

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

— Anonymous

If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is…

— Karl Kraus

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.

— Michael Kinsley

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

— M.J. Summers

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

— Walter Cronkite

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

— Herbert Bayard Swope

The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.

— William C. Bryant

“The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time.”

— Joe Sacco