Hooman Majd Quotes

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

Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

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.

We believe that the remedy to any harm resulting from press freedom lies in press freedom itself.

We journalists in America take it for granted that we are not going to be killed for our work. Unfortunately, this is not true elsewhere in the world.

Turkey still has one of the highest number of imprisoned journalists in the world.

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York Times' - coupled with the favourable Supreme Court rulings on publication of the Pentagon Papers - were landmarks for the interpretation of First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press.

If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

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

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of.

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.

I was for many years myself a journalist and it is not appropriate to say a programme should not be broadcast.

At Grozny TV, the line between journalism and government propaganda is traversed as often as a Manhattan crosswalk.

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

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.

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.

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

An average of more than one journalist a week has been killed for reasons connected to his or her work.

The newspapers of your country seem to be more powerful than the government.