Eric Sevareid Quotes

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press.

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.

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.

The concept that the press is an organ of government policy dies hard.

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

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing right, that there should be nobody with the power to dictate where responsible journalism begins

The press has a right to go out and write stories... but I think similarly, and what Donald Trump has proven... is that when people are wrong, he's going to hold them accountable, and he's going to correct the record.

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.

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

I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.

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

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

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

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

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

The media is like the terrain and weather. It is a fact; it's nothing you can change. You have to learn to deal with it. And it isn't bad or good, it's just there. I don't think we should put limits on the press, unless it's for security reasons or for reasons of risk in the case of an operation. We value freedom of the press. It's something we are fighting for. It's part of the constitutional rights that we swear our allegiance to. We just have to accept it and learn to deal with it in a right way, and give and take.

The Press has not only a great influence over our manners and morals, but contributes largely to our pleasures.

In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils it creates

Whatever may be said about the power of the press, it is undeniable that it can set the entire public thinking and talking about any topic ...

The press has become the greatest power within the Western countries, more powerful than the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. One would then like to ask: by what law has it been elected and to whom is it responsible?

I think there's a difference between calling people out and understanding the role that the press plays in a free society.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.