Agendas Quote by Tony Auth

Our job is not to amuse our readers. Our mission is to stir them, inform and inflame them. Our task is to continually hold…

— Tony Auth

I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's not central…

— Alastair Reynolds

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is…

— Joe Wilson

“Why you fool, it's the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman…

— C.S. Lewis

I read at least one periodical every month by a political group I dislike - to keep some sense of balance. The overwhelming stupidity…

— Robert Anton Wilson

As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers inside the…

— Juan Williams

“Our political institutions have absorbed the tactics of the tabloids like a giant sanitary product. The domination of spin, with political image managers intricately…

— Jane Caro

We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account.

— Robert Rinder

“While a major focus of this book is fear mongering by journalists and others, throughout the chapters that follow I take note as well…

— Barry Glassner

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

— Karl Kraus

Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman…

— C. S. Lewis