Megyn Kelly Quotes

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.

Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

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

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.

The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself

You hope the American people are fair. We recognize journalists have to kill somebody each week.

So that all the people who say, you know, "All the media hates America." A lot of the media does hate America but this is a case of, actually, the press doing its best, I think, to do the right by national security. So good for them.

The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a society where belief in our governments and in the strength of our institutions is declining.

Journalism is kind of scary and of it we should be wary.

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But it hardly follows that elimination of a strong and independent press is the way to eliminate abusiveness . . .

I think that there are some in the media who have an overinflated view of their mission.

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

Politicians don't like tough coverage, and their protectors try to destroy the messengers.

The point of journalism is to hold people in positions of power accountable.

Media doesn't like when other media gets their credentials pulled - that's not OK.

I think aggressive, sometimes outspoken reporting from the White House briefing room is expected by the American people.

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

As players we're held accountable for poor performance, I think the same should be said for journalists.

I have absolutely no problem with the press criticising policies and the things that we do, the things that we say.

The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.

With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's playing out today, that is journalism doing, are the journalists doing their job, are they being the other checks and balances in our country that the way that obviously Edward R. Murrow was back then.

Even though the press at times made me completely crazy as they followed me around the hall, and asked tough questions over and over again - now believe me, every politician feels this way - it is a necessary part of our life, and we must have a press that isn't cowed and won't be afraid of ratings if they get put to the back of the room at a press conference.

In the founding days of the Constitution, the purpose of the media was to make sure that powerful government officials were held accountable. It really was. I mean, it was founders who hated the media like everybody else hates the media, but they understood the role they played. This media long ago when it comes to Hillary Clinton/Bill Clinton and the Democrat Party? No, no, no, no. They're the Democrat Party now. There is no media.

The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.

The Factor concept is very simple: Watch all of those in power, including and especially the media, so they don't injure or exploit the folks, everyday Americans. Never before in the United States had a television news guy dared to criticize other journalists on a regular basis. The late Peter Jennings, a friend, told me I was crazy to do it. "These people will not allow anyone to scrutinize them," he said. "They will come after you with a vengeance." And so they have.