Attending Quote by Tom Brokaw

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little…

— Ron Fournier

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.

— Spencer Abraham

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

— William Greider

I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than the rest…

— Dave Barry

You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and…

— Robert Crumb

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.

— Beau Willimon

The Donald Trump of Washington ends up being portrayed by all of these news stories that happen to be sourced by anonymous leakers. Every…

— Rush Limbaugh

Hundreds upon hundreds of news outlets - okay, thousands - are interested in following the happenings at the White House. Yet the number of…

— Erik Wemple

The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors.

— Joseph Heller

The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But…

— George Pelecanos

Of course [the White House press corps] are a factor, and the reason is they're not media. They happen to pretend or portray people…

— Rush Limbaugh

It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha -…

— Hassan Nasrallah