Jack Ma Quotes

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

I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is.

A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.

On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.

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

I think the idea of journalists being neutral is very important.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the one doing the news. It's my show, and there's no place for opinion on my show. It's uninteresting to me.

You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting.

I am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge.

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

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.

I think the way to be an influential journalist is to be accurate and to be fair and to get things right and to really characterize things in an honest way, versus being really snarky or cheerleading.

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

I do not subscribe to the advocacy journalism school. It's not who I am and not who CNN wants me to be.

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.

Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

You don't need to be partisan. CNN does need to stick to a nonpartisan point of view. That doesn't mean there can't be more passion and excitement.