Roger Mudd Quotes

The chief danger which threatens the influence and honor of the press is the tendency of its liberty to degenerate into license.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

I'm not going to make general comments about the British press.

In a way, I think of the press as my colleagues. I don't want to throw hand grenades at people who do something that's pretty similar to what I do. But at the same time, we all need to take ourselves seriously and be responsible as professionals. And there was a collective failure in the treatment of Christopher Jefferies.

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

I am not here to accuse the media of anything.

I respect the press. The press and the media are a very useful watchdog to check the power of the government.

We in the media should be breaking the news and not making the news.

The press ... is but the servant of human intellect and its ministry is for good or evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill that grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.

The press are scum.

It’s always a danger when an institution like the press becomes disconnected from the people.

The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself

The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!

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

We in the media accept the responsibility of what we do.

The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

The Petersons have not come forward in the press. Apparently they feel the media bears a large responsibility for Scott's conviction. It may be a while before we hear anything from them.

All the media are horrible.

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.

I happen to believe that any legitimate news organization in the world would do that interview. And if the United States is going to be a proponent of a free press, it has to walk the walk.

I apologize for what the media has done.