Graydon Carter Quotes

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

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

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

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.

There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.

As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing.

Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

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.

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power.

I'd like CBS, at this point, to say where they got those documents from. I think they should say where they got these documents because I thought it was a very poor job of reporting by CBS.

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

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.

I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they're still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions.

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell.

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