Quotes about Journalism
The subjugation of news by entertainment seriously harms our democracy: It leads to dysfunctional journalism that fails to inform the people. And when the people are not informed, they cannot hold government accountable when it is incompetent, corrupt, or both.
— Al Gore
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.
— Dorothy Sayers
I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.
— Barack Obama
I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.
— John F. Kennedy
One ad is worth more to a paper than forty editorials.
— Will Rogers
No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story.
— Barbara Kingsolver