Absurd Quote by Robert Waterman McChesney

The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.

— Lachlan Murdoch

Journalism is the entertainment business.

— Frank Herbert

It is the media that controls the boundaries of what is politically permissible, so better to change the media. Profit motives work against it,…

— Julian Assange

I think people should be consumers of journalism.

— Andrew Vachss

I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up…

— Walter Isaacson

Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because it de-prioritizes…

— Om Malik

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations...

— George Orwell

When journalism is treated as just another widget in a commercial enterprise, the focus isn't on truth, verification or public good, but productivity and…

— Heather Brooke

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

— Phil Donahue

Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest no different…

— Donald Trump

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting…

— Jonathan Alter

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

— Adam Michnik