Mike Scully Quotes

I consider myself to be a guerrilla journalist. Some would call me a provocateur, but I am a journalist who uses ambush and undercover tactics to uncover the truth and expose people for who they truly are.

The genre of narrative business books that I love so much - the ones that have a you-are-there quality - was invented, or so it is said, in 1982 by David McClintick, who wrote 'Indecent Exposure,' a rollicking good read about a Hollywood scandal and the ultimate boardroom power struggle at Columbia Pictures.

Interviews, and hence interviewers, are there to help shed light, and to let viewers judge for themselves. We are not judges, juries, commentators or torturers - nor friends, either.

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

We love doing commercial and TV show work.

You can’t report on something that you don’t know about.

Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.

More people will watch 'Spotlight' than will ever read the 'Globe' series that inspired it.

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' I did an episode on, and that's one of my favorite television shows ever, and there are these shows that I watch so regularly.

We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.

The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings.

I'm still hesitant to call myself a journalist. I see myself as a documentary maker who is trusted with hard-hitting current affairs issues.

I believe there are two kinds of journalists. One who sells a story by being creative, and one who sells a story by being sensationalist.

Investigative journalism is never mass-based; it's very focused, and you want people who are passionate about it to take it.

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.

I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics. We do. It's our job to question - everything.

I'm doing real journalism.

SpringHill Entertainment makes the shows LeBron and I want to watch.

At any kind of Fox function, you'll see 'Mad TV' at the kiddy table in the back, next to the buffet. We're a late-night sketch show, and there is more money in prime time.

I will always treasure the nearly 3 years I spent working for James O'Keefe as an undercover journalist at Project Veritas.

The kind of in-depth investigative journalism we practice at 'Frontline' is thoughtful, rigorous, and time-intensive. It requires us to constantly seek untold stories and to give our producers and reporters the time and resources to dig into them deeply.

My job is to ask tough questions.

I've now done virtually everything there is to do in TV presenting: I've done sport shows, comedy shows, and I'm now doing music, which is great for me.

I'm a reasonably accomplished journalist. I've worked as an investigative journalist, I've done crime beat stuff.

I worked on 'Game Of Thrones' for six years, so I'm very well equipped to handle hype surrounding television shows.