Bill Dedman Quotes

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

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

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he's nobody's friend.

The Newspaper wants me to by neutral with respect to Germany, as if anyone could be neutral in this war.

Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what he or she's up to to be fair, and that's the key word. Fairness to individuals, fairness to ideas, and to issues and whatever - that is critical, and that is also part and parcel of what the job.

I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced.

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.

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

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

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

I'd never compromise my position as a journalist by having a friendly relationship with a politician.

I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people.

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

I always thought it would be a terrible mistake, and I would hope that none of my news journalist colleagues would ever consider it.

Journalists should wear a white uniform to indicate the purity of their character.

The good journalist is never objective. He is always neutral.

We need ethical journalism. There is also capacity limitations in journalism.

Sean Hannity is a hypocrite!He's blasting anonymous sources and saying journalism is dead when he uses an anonymous source in the form of President Trump.

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

Some journalists are schmucks, in it for themselves, willing to cut corners. But in my experience the vast majority of journalists are trying to contribute to their communities, honestly and reliably.

It's really just my Hammurabi code of journalism ethics, that I don't want to ask someone to do something that I won't do myself.

I've met many journalists who impress me with their ability to play it straight. I think they're the exception to the rule.