Journalism Quote by Walter Lippmann

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

— Walter Lippmann

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

— William C. Bryant

There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.

— Thomas Frank

“the essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth.”

— William Manchester

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.

— Eason Jordan

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

— Alexander Cockburn

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault

— Henry Anatole Grunwald

“It is easy for journalism to be morally casual, even as it makes large moral claims for itself. So when journalism is accused by…

— Ian Hargreaves

“The answer lies in a system of press management combining watertight legal controls with a compelling political ideology that encourages not just obedience, but…

— Cherian George

The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these…

— Sara Harrison

Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that…

— Desmond Tutu

As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used…

— Guy Adams