Claim Quote by Thomas Frank

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue…

— Floyd Abrams

Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources.

— Judith Miller

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

— Mike Wallace

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

— Walter Lippmann

It should go without saying, of course, that anything a journalist writes about any person, public or private, must have a verifiable basis in…

— Norah Vincent

Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man. A criminal…

— Brendan I. Koerner

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

— William C. Bryant

There's no law preventing a journalist from publishing whatever they want.

— Asha Rangappa

When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain…

— Rod Lurie

Journalists don't need a get-out-of-jail-free card, ... Instead we should be given more access to information.

— Chris Powell

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great

— Walter Lippmann

It's always unfortunate when a reporter is sent behind bars for failing to turn over sources. There's no way to say what the long-term…

— Judy Woodruff