Journalism Quotes
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It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.
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I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.
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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.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
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Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
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Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.
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I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
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Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
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Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.
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The kind of in-depth investigative journalism we practice at 'Frontline' is thoughtful, rigorous, and time-intensive. It requires us to constantly seek untold stories and to give our producers and reporters the time and resources to dig into them deeply.
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In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
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The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; journalism lacked the drama, theatricality and subjective storytelling of theater. It wasn't until I had the idea of making a documentary film about the 1992 presidential campaign that these two passions came together in 'The War Room.'
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
