Quotes about Journalists

I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends, so don't talk to them.' Votes: 4

Journalists should be watchdogs, not lapdogs. Votes: 3

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork. Votes: 3

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders. Votes: 3

Journalists love to show their compassion. Votes: 3

Journalists often put things into either-or scenarios. Votes: 3

Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves. Votes: 3

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. Votes: 3

Heres the problem: Journalists just dont understand their business. Votes: 3

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking. Votes: 3

Journalists are getting big stories wrong, over and over again. Votes: 3

Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear. Votes: 3

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark. Votes: 3

Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism. Votes: 3

Journalists are interesting. They just aren't as interesting as the things they cover. Votes: 3

Journalists are simply leftists disguised as reporters. They're political activists disguised as reporters. Votes: 3

Journalists should be people in whom there is at least a flicker of hope. Votes: 3

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them. Votes: 3

Journalists don't need a get-out-of-jail-free card, ... Instead we should be given more access to information. Votes: 3

Journalists must not be made accomplices by the secret service to solve its own problems. Votes: 3

Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication. Votes: 3

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. Votes: 3

Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets. Votes: 3

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous. Votes: 3

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion. Votes: 3

Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don't, they will become irrelevant, Votes: 3

I'd rather [the collection] have no title. Journalists like titles. That's why I give them to you. Votes: 3

Twitter is not just for Journalists. You don't have to be a writer to Tweet.[Social Media] Votes: 3

Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition. Votes: 3

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality. Votes: 3

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of. Votes: 3

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Votes: 3

Journalists don't retire, writers don't retire. I'm still hoping for that other big story. There's always one just around the corner. Votes: 3

Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me. Votes: 3

Journalists were killed because they defended freedom. Policemen were killed because they were protecting you. Jews were killed because they were Jewish. Votes: 3

Journalists grow accustomed to seeing evil and they let it pass; they proceed to approve it, and they end by committing it themselves. Votes: 3

Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can't be too worried about what they're told at their country clubs. Votes: 3

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up. Votes: 3

Journalists were at the forefront. From the Civil War until the early 1900s, nothing was being done to solve the problems of the Industrial Age. Votes: 3

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. Votes: 3

Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record. Votes: 3

Journalists should have been the first to tell people what Obamacare would mean to them. They are now the last to figure all of this out. Votes: 3

Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school. Votes: 3

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. Votes: 3

The new history is really ancient history newly discovered. Journalists are taking crash courses in the blood-drenched background of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, North Ossetians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Votes: 3

You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. Votes: 3

Journalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money or absolving the CIA of something. Votes: 3

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides. Votes: 3

Journalists are quite surprised outside their dinner parties when they hear where I live. 'Van Nuys? You still live there?' It is like saying you're from Alabama. Votes: 3

Journalists have to do their job. And journalists have to resist emotionalism. You have to keep your cool and to continue to do your job until you're prevented. Votes: 3

Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines. Votes: 3

The thing is with the media, I have a love-hate relationship with [it]. [Journalists] are only doing their jobs and you can't get your own way all the time. Votes: 3

Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new. Votes: 3

I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course. Votes: 3

Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president. Votes: 3

Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned role in authoritarian societies, but not here - not yet. Votes: 3

Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield. Votes: 3

This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here. Votes: 3

Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex - not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty. Votes: 3

Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment. Votes: 3

The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously, are civilians, and they tend to distrust, and to suspect, the military's motives. Votes: 3

I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them. Votes: 3

Journalists say that when a dog bites a man, that is not news, but when a man bites a dog, that is news ... Thanks to the mathematics of combinatorics, we will never run out of news. Votes: 3

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic. Votes: 3

Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place like Libya where there's heavy fighting, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman. Votes: 3

Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and he will be certain that you are either telling the truth or a big, important lie. Votes: 3

Journalists often ask me when I go to the field, 'What do you expect to find?' And my answer always is, 'The unexpected,' because we're just looking at the tip of the iceberg; we've just scratched the surface. Votes: 3

Journalists often ask me: "Aren't you sorry that after all the work you've done, you're best known as Magneto and Gandalf?" But that's what I've always wanted - not to be known as myself. I want to draw attention to the characters. Votes: 3

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. Votes: 3

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. Votes: 3

Journalists have made celebrities into an industry. Votes: 2

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing. Votes: 2

You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously. Votes: 2

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. Votes: 2

Journalists generally have no bias toward one cosmological theory or another, but many have a natural preference for excitement. Votes: 2

As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. Votes: 2

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Votes: 2

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions. Votes: 2

Broadsheets can be scathing. But I have respect for broadsheet journalists because they haven't succumbed to degrading themselves, to writing pidgin English with all these terrible colloquialisms, the phrasing of which is just, like, embarrassing. Votes: 2

When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one. Votes: 2

Not all journalists are really journalists. They ask such stupid questions sometimes, especially the newer ones, and because... these people can't tell if you're joking around, you just can't have any sense of humour; you really can't. Votes: 2

The rumors of Frank Sinatra's violence and his ties to organized crime were such that journalists joked in print about me ending up in concrete boots and sleeping with the fishes if I proceeded to write his biography. Votes: 2

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. Votes: 2

The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted. Votes: 2

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.' Votes: 2

In France, the image I had was of a shy girl - a poor lonely girl and not too good-looking. When I went to England, I had another image. I felt the journalists were much more interested in my looks than in my songs. Votes: 2

Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism. Votes: 2

As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience. Votes: 2

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science. Votes: 2

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think that's a role that we should allow. Votes: 2

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects. Votes: 2

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. Votes: 2

One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary - perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting - where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes. Votes: 2

I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in any deep sense about morality, or with regard to what they value in life. I think this doubt about the application of science and reason to questions of value is really quite dangerous. Votes: 2

We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden collapse of the reliable reporting market. We had no idea that real news and clear-eyed analysis were being 'bundled' with subprime celebrity gossip, 'U.S. Weekly' derivatives, and Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie swaps. Votes: 2

Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning of what it is to be scientifically literate. They embrace the concept of an innovation culture. They vote in ways that promote it. They don't fight science and they don't fight technology. Votes: 2

A lot of rappers say 'I'm talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.' And these journalists say, 'Yeah, but you're making 80 million dollars, that stuff's not about you.' Look how long he's been making 80 million. He grew up poor in an urban city and the things he's experienced and knows. Votes: 2

Most journalists are broken down alcoholics. Votes: 0

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists. Votes: 0

I don't trust lawyers and journalists. Votes: 0

I wait for death and journalists. Votes: 0

ABC forbids political activity by journalists. Votes: 0

My comments are reserved for reputable journalists. Votes: 0

Only two journalists followed the team around. Votes: 0

That's why we have journalists, for stats. Votes: 0

I amused myself playing with the journalists. Votes: 0

As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing. Votes: 0

I make friends faster and easier than journalists. Votes: 0

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats. Votes: 0

I don't believe in journalists having 'responsibility.' Votes: 0

I find myself believing everything that journalists tell me. Votes: 0

Many journalists seem to desire 'liberation' from Christian roots. Votes: 0

I spend a lot of time talking to journalists. Votes: 0

'Reality' is a notion that journalists take for granted. Votes: 0

Breaking news is the most masturbating thing journalists do. Votes: 0

If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists. Votes: 0

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists. Votes: 0

No news is good news. No journalists is even better. Votes: 0

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. Votes: 0

The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. Votes: 0

I don't like journalists and I hardly ever talk to them. Votes: 0

I always want to know which tracks are the journalists' favourites. Votes: 0

I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for. Votes: 0

Angry and frustrated, the journalists set about making bricks without straw ... Votes: 0

I am not one of the great journalists of my time. Votes: 0

Incoherence is a common hazard for journalists who dabble in ethical judgments. Votes: 0

Would that it were so! ... That the American military were targeting journalists. Votes: 0

Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists. Votes: 0

The closer journalists came to great issues, the more vulnerable they felt. Votes: 0

I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power. Votes: 0

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought. Votes: 0

There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of. Votes: 0

You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up. Votes: 0

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate. Votes: 0

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. Votes: 0

I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists. Votes: 0

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs. Votes: 0

I don't kick dressing room doors, or the cat - or even journalists Votes: 0

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging. Votes: 0

The media and their journalists are merely megaphones for stupidity, the verb par excellence. Votes: 0

Where there's smoke around a conservative, there are journalists furiously rubbing two sticks together. Votes: 0

Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment. Votes: 0

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello Votes: 0

Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies. Votes: 0

Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects. Votes: 0

Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met. Votes: 0

As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer. Votes: 0

I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists. Votes: 0

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies. Votes: 0

I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It's demeaning. Votes: 0

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists. Votes: 0

No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. Votes: 0

No foundation that I am aware of has hired ex-journalists to promote a thoroughgoing inquiry. Votes: 0

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true. Votes: 0

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true. Votes: 0

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists. Votes: 0

It is not easy to stop brown envelope because journalists are part of the society Votes: 0

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies. Votes: 0

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners. Votes: 0

I don't believe any Western journalists, quite frankly. I believe they're liars until proven otherwise. Votes: 0

I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more. Votes: 0

I hope to be 70 and sitting at the table with journalists, talking about my films. Votes: 0

American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be. Votes: 0

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. Votes: 0

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect. Votes: 0

The journalists are so devoted to Obama. They are such sycophants that they're worried about access. Votes: 0

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism. Votes: 0

Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about. Votes: 0

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists. Votes: 0

First, learn how to report traffic jams, then you can talk about football. (on Bulgarian journalists) Votes: 0

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing." Votes: 0

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs. Votes: 0

I ask myself questions that journalists don't dare to ask or don't know how to ask. Votes: 0

I think that a lot of journalists don't really listen to music before they review it. Votes: 0

It was always amusing to be inside Apple and read what journalists said we were doing Votes: 0

How did I get hooked? Well, it's something like you journalists having a drink after work Votes: 0

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist. Votes: 0

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot. Votes: 0

Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length. Votes: 0

... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs. Votes: 0

I'm a member of the working press; you'd think I'd know better than to listen to journalists. Votes: 0

If a journalist calls you a racist, chances are, all other journalists will call you a racist. Votes: 0

American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy. Votes: 0

Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first. Votes: 0

I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists. Votes: 0

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living. Votes: 0

Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy. Votes: 0

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through. Votes: 0

I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians. Votes: 0

Were all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore. Votes: 0

I shall always be proud of what I've done, regardless of what you journalists or anybody can say. Votes: 0

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to. Votes: 0

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is. Votes: 0

David Carr was one of the most gifted journalists who has ever worked at The New York Times, Votes: 0

There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think of better company. Votes: 0

We're all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore. Votes: 0

If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list. Votes: 0

I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems. Votes: 0

My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters'. Votes: 0

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated. Votes: 0

I think we should be alarmed, watchful, and, as journalists, rigorous and fearless. I think we should be alert. Votes: 0

Dear Ted Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime Votes: 0

Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today. Votes: 0

Being an artist, it's always tempting to measure success through other people's eyes, be they critics, journalists or audiences. Votes: 0

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors. Votes: 0

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can. Votes: 0

I know people my age (early 40s) who insist upon only writing. You know what we call them? Ex-journalists. Votes: 0

A lot of journalists say, "Tell us about the '80s." Nobody wants to know about the '70s! Votes: 0

We [journalists] tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. Votes: 0

What I love most about Norway is you ladies. Back home I'm used to fat and hairy women journalists. Votes: 0

If establishment journalists were to replicate actual stenography, it would be an improvement on most of the work they produce. Votes: 0

I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves. Votes: 0

David Axelrod says we need to inspire more young people to be journalists? How about inspiring journalists to be journalists? Votes: 0

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work. Votes: 0

People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care. Votes: 0

I'm a journalist, so my friends are journalists: magazines, newspapers, even public radio. Nobody had their kids in public school. Votes: 0

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history. Votes: 0

Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent. Votes: 0

We've always been journalists - and have seen ourselves in that way. But we sort of recontextualized it through music. Votes: 0

Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy. Votes: 0

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about? Votes: 0

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. Votes: 0

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me. Votes: 0

To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money. Votes: 0

Im sorry Im not gay or Jewish, so I dont have a special interest group of journalists that support me. Votes: 0

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations. Votes: 0

Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say. Votes: 0

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad. Votes: 0

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful. Votes: 0

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. Votes: 0

It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation. Votes: 0

In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. Votes: 0

Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes. Votes: 0

I give this book 5 Stars and highly recommend it to all fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers, aspiring writers, bloggers or journalists. Votes: 0

Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused. Votes: 0

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. Votes: 0

Letting journalism be from the perspective of the journalist. It's usually a no-no, and journalists are encouraged to be completely objective. Votes: 0

Maybe when they no longer receive Sierra magazine in their mailboxes, journalists will understand how campaign finance reform abridges free speech. Votes: 0

What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil. Votes: 0

I was told that [Japan journalists] wanted to see my dog, Yume. You can see that she is in great shape. Votes: 0

Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned. Votes: 0

It is no good saying we [journalists] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven. Votes: 0

In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists. Votes: 0

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been. Votes: 0

I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community. Votes: 0

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate. Votes: 0

During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events. Votes: 0

I can think of few things more painful than naming four good things about yourself in front of a room of journalists! Votes: 0

Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers. Votes: 0

When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I've had conversations with journalists that I've never had with anybody else. Votes: 0

All too many journalists seem to mistake scandal mongering for tenacious investigation, and far too many aspire to make themselves the story. Votes: 0

I hope that many visual journalists will be hired or funded along the way as well - we urgently need their perspectives. Votes: 0

The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities. Votes: 0

Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of them can't do math, a fact that campaigns and politicians regularly exploit. Votes: 0

I want to help accelerate the evolution of the press because right now, newsrooms are cutting investigative journalists, and we need investigative journalists. Votes: 0

Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists. Votes: 0

A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like. Votes: 0

Interviews were invented to make journalism less passive. Instead of waiting for something to happen, journalists ask someone what should or could happen. Votes: 0

There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are over... Votes: 0

Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that side. Votes: 0

[On journalists:] They are as disruptive a menace to the public body: as grating turds in the intestines are to the private body. Votes: 0

I don't think Donald Trump is afraid of journalists. If he was, he wouldn't be on the TV every hour on the hour. Votes: 0

Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads. Votes: 0

I'm looking for a balance of reported and essayistic work by up-and-coming women journalists. Often that means combing online-only sources or alt weeklies. Votes: 0

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas. Votes: 0

Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists. Votes: 0

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas. Votes: 0

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective. Votes: 0

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. Votes: 0

Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful. Votes: 0

Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people. Votes: 0

If a tech journalist needs financial security before doing what their conscience dictates, I'm not sure they should be calling themselves journalists at all. Votes: 0

Politicians are just Daily Mail journalists writ large, aren't they? They're always telling us what's going to happen, and we know they don't know! Votes: 0

The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs. Votes: 0

China is so central to our economic lives that journalists have had no choice but to engage China with greater technical analysis and precision. Votes: 0

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat. Votes: 0

Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome. Votes: 0

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows. Votes: 0

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more. Votes: 0

So much of what I say gets sensationalized and journalists have to report on scandal because that's what people are hungry to read about. Votes: 0

Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies. Votes: 0

The entitlement mentality so carefully cultivated by liberal academics, politicians, clergymen, and journalists continues to corrode the self-sufficiency that once defined the American character. Votes: 0

Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. Votes: 0

For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent"s Robert Fisk, but it's hard to find voices like his in the U.S. Votes: 0

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. Votes: 0

I am extremely sorry for the remarks made during the recent Women in Science lunch at the world conference of science journalists in Seoul, Korea. Votes: 0

Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. Votes: 0

It's harder and harder for journalists to get out in the field and interview Iraqis. The Web can get these voices out easily and cheaply. Votes: 0

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away. Votes: 0

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that. Votes: 0

I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won. Votes: 0

On television, journalists now routinely appear on talk-shows-with-an-attitude where they are encouraged to say what they think about something they may not have finished thinking about. Votes: 0

Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And I'll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become screenwriters. Votes: 0

It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to citizen journalism and blogs. Votes: 0

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. Votes: 0

I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it. Votes: 0

Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his political opponents and journalists. Votes: 0

It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon. Votes: 0

MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution. Votes: 0

I do not know why journalists insist on calling their stuff "pieces", when they are in fact little entities, attempting to have beginnings, middles and endings. Votes: 0

I think there is a shadow network where everybody has infiltrated in terms of hotel concierges, restaurants, will tip off journalists or paparazzi, the airlines, everywhere. Votes: 0

I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life. Votes: 0

I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and my coworkers and friends were journalists. Their reporting work was always pretty grim. Votes: 0

The journalists in America are no longer covering critical stories. Investigative journalism is gone. Foreign-news coverage is gone. The press is owned by five giant corporations. Votes: 0

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow. Votes: 0

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them. Votes: 0

Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story. Votes: 0

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it. Votes: 0

Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists. Votes: 0

As journalists, we need to find every avenue to distribute our work, and try to be so good that we become increasingly more influential than before. Votes: 0

I think people of my generation became journalists - you know, right after the broadcast pioneer fathers - because we wanted to report the big stories. Votes: 0

Liberals have a quaint and touching faith that truth is on their side and an even quainter faith that journalists are on the side of truth. Votes: 0

I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in support of the public interest. Votes: 0

The Obama administration has attempted to prosecute more journalists and journalistic sources under the same Espionage Act she was being investigated under in all previous presidencies combined. Votes: 0

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy. Votes: 0

The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out of factual reporting. Votes: 0

Somebody has to pay our editors, writers, journalists, designers, developers, and all the other specialists whose passion and tears go into every chunk of worthwhile web content. Votes: 0

An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation than in truth and beauty Votes: 0

In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between truth and falsity sometimes isn't. Votes: 0

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. Votes: 0

We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell us, especially if it involves outer space. Votes: 0

I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value. Votes: 0

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government. Votes: 0

It's a fun thing for journalists to say that [ Captain Kirk] is the boyfriend role. I'm happy to give a laugh. But it's a really complex story. Votes: 0

The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics. Votes: 0

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour. Votes: 0

It was when reporters became journalists and when objectivity gave way to searching for truth, that an aura of distrust and fear arose around the New Journalist. Votes: 0

Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to journalists for free. Votes: 0

The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the "best" sources. Votes: 0

I think, in terms of the media, journalists need to do a much better job of asking people they interview about conflicts of interest and then reporting them. Votes: 0

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy. Votes: 0

We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions. Votes: 0

From the late David Broder on down, the most powerful and influential of the great Washington columnists and journalists tend to cultivate the driest, least lively voices possible. Votes: 0

Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain. Votes: 0

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written against one in public. Votes: 0

To conflict journalists, a tiny, tight-knit tribe, tragedy is practically an occupational requirement: our work requires us to seek it out, measure it, contextualize it, and chronicle it. Votes: 0

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists. Votes: 0

Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist. Votes: 0

Lawyers tend to be bright people. They tend to be-much more than many journalists I've encountered-sticklers for detail and accuracy, and they have a logical way of arguing. Votes: 0

I think that most people, and by people I mean journalists, think that I pre-conceive everything and that I spend my afternoons dreaming up self-mythologizing points of interest. Votes: 0

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about the journalists; we can only hope that they will die off as the deerflies do towards the end of August. Votes: 0

I don't think there's any question journalists have become targets, but then I think that - that anyone who tries to practice liberty becomes a target of fanatics. Votes: 0

In the U.K., journalists are a little bit more ruthless than in Denmark. I have a feeling the tabloid press in the U.K. is pretty harsh. Votes: 0

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians. Votes: 0

We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space. Votes: 0

It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical applications to technology or medicine. Votes: 0

If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism. Votes: 0

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time. Votes: 0

I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works. Votes: 0

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. . . . gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis. Votes: 0

When my youngest daughter got married, I designed her wedding dress and I really let my imagination and energy go crazy! All the journalists seemed to love that dress. Votes: 0

The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations. Votes: 0

In my first company, Seer Technologies, where I was chief technology officer, we shied away from the media. We watched every word and were guarded in front of journalists. Votes: 0

We expect our media to lead and open doors for our young talents. As we need creative engineers, doctors and managers, we also need creative journalists and media workers. Votes: 0

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career. Votes: 0

I like to be open with journalists and I like to be honest. I hate being disingenuous because that's really uncomfortable for me; I don't excel at doing that. Votes: 0

Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90 percent of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly? Votes: 0

Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community. Votes: 0

A person does feel sheepish picking on journalists, a class already so richly despised that if a planeload of them crashed in flames, most people would smile from pure reflex. Votes: 0

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents. Votes: 0

My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action -- even an opinion is a kind of action. Votes: 0

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists. Votes: 0

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership. Votes: 0

Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not to report what these scientists say. Votes: 0

Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard. Votes: 0

U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive. Votes: 0

I think that we need to be careful, as reporters and as journalists, not to take the bait and not to get into an endless discussion about issues that are trivial. Votes: 0

I had the traditional print view of TV journalists: Those are pretty people who get paid a lot of money and don't do any work. It turned out I was wrong. Votes: 0

There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work you're in bad trouble." And it may be true. Votes: 0

Researchers linked smoking to cancer in the 1950s. Doctors believed them in the 1960s, but it was not until journalists believed the doctors in the 1970s that the public took notice. Votes: 0

My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother. Votes: 0

Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times. Votes: 0

I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story. Votes: 0

The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal relationships that inevitably develop between politicians and journalists. Votes: 0

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth. Votes: 0

have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States. Votes: 0

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them. Votes: 0

I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies -- unless one counts journalists. Votes: 0

We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see. Votes: 0

Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible. Votes: 0

I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity. Votes: 0

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression. Votes: 0

The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people. Votes: 0

A common criticism of establishment journalists entails comparing them to stenographers, on the ground that most of them do little more than mindlessly write down and uncritically repeat what government officials say. Votes: 0

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body. Votes: 0

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists. Votes: 0

The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for a hostage's release. Freelancers most often had none. Votes: 0

It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire. Votes: 0

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. Votes: 0

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently. Votes: 0

Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian, even writing for foreign media, I've been mercifully unrestricted. Votes: 0

Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment. Votes: 0

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form. Votes: 0

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of 'Watchmen' as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form. Votes: 0

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 - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists. Votes: 0

He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike. I'd personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table. Votes: 0

It's not good if owners of sports teams are talking to sports journalists, bypassing the manager. That goes in the wrong direction wherever it happens. Therefore, I'll refrain from doing this at all. Votes: 0

I had pictured journalism as I'd seen it in the most ennobling films, where the reporter battles for the truth, propelled by conviction, and is triumphant. There are journalists who fit that ideal. Votes: 0

I don't think that we're limiting talent. I think if I could reverse the clock a little bit, there would have been more kind coverage among female journalists for what I was doing. Votes: 0

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership. Votes: 0

The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them only one root-idea of a complete conversion of social power into State power. Votes: 0

There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar. Votes: 0

Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting. Votes: 0

It's only when journalists understand the role they play in this propaganda, it's only when they realize they can't be both independent, honest journalists and agents of power, that things will begin to change. Votes: 0

People I meet today, especially journalists who interview me, are astonished to hear that Lenin told me, in effect, that Communism was not working and that the Revolution needed American capital and technical aid. Votes: 0

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song. Votes: 0

Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported. Votes: 0

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers. Votes: 0

What most news people don't comprehend is that most of the public are not heavy information seekers - unlike journalists and the smaller portion of the population that is socially, politically and economically active. Votes: 0

In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old! Votes: 0

If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song, Votes: 0

It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news. Votes: 0

I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10 minutes of the meeting setting up iPad to look like a laptop. Votes: 0

The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public. Votes: 0

At the 'Times,' all journalists on every subject followed the same rules and were supposed to meet the same standards, so I never really thought about fashion writing as being in a bubble. Votes: 0

It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours. Votes: 0

You have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists. Votes: 0

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise. Votes: 0

There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to encounter them and even worse to work with them. Votes: 0

When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade. Votes: 0

Capote, of course, addressed very similar themes to Good Night and Good Luck. Both films are about determined journalists defying obstacles in a relentless pursuit of the truth. Needless to say, both are period pieces. Votes: 0

One of the greatest problems for international journalists covering the Middle East is that people who serves as guides for journalists are often affiliated with Islamic terrorists seeking to turn for foreign visitors against Israel. Votes: 0

I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists. Votes: 0

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre people who want to be involved in rock and roll. Votes: 0

Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it. Votes: 0

But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West. Votes: 0

One of the great weaknesses of journalists is they interview people and they think that's important. They think that they are going to show them their true hand. But more to the point, they're trapped. Votes: 0

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. Votes: 0

There are some times when sports rises to the level of news and when sports broadcasters acquit themselves as well as the best news broadcasters do, they aren't there to dramatize. They're there as journalists. Votes: 0

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. Votes: 0

I consider the concept of a global mean temperature to be somewhat dubious. A single number cannot adequately capture climate c hange. This number, as I see it, is aimed mostly at politicians and journalists. Votes: 0

Explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with First Lady Nancy Reagan: I didn't accept it. I received it. Votes: 0

When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers. Votes: 0

It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists. Votes: 0

The newspaper journalists like to believe the worst; they can sell more papers that way, as one of them told me himself; for even upstanding and respectable people dearly love to read ill of others. Votes: 0

Moving forward, investigative journalists need to train themselves to be media amphibians - just as comfortable with the classic verities of great journalism as they are with video, Twitter, Facebook, and, most importantly, citizen journalism. Votes: 0