Battle Quote by Rod Lurie

I don't think the question is if should we have a shield law. I think the question is what kind of shield law we…

— Ted Gup

ABC forbids political activity by journalists.

— Bill Dedman

The trenchant editorials plus the keen rivalry natural to extremely partisan papers made it necessary for the editors to be expert pugilists and duelists…

— Anonymous

The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of…

— Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

— Amy Goodman

Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don't, they will become irrelevant,

— James Risen

Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room…

— Ellen Goodman

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

— Bob Woodward

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

— Mark Twain

The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen…

— Salman Rushdie

There is a war on truth raging every day, and journalists have been forced to fight some of those.

— Brian Stelter

“Rich, famous, insider journalists do not want to subvert the status quo that so lavishly rewards them. Like all courtiers, they are eager to…

— Glenn Greenwald