Kay Bailey Hutchison Quotes

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

We are trained to distinguish between journalism that's short and long, that's responsible and irresponsible, that stands for the right values and stands for the wrong.

Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately written about it and disclosed the situation to our readers. And if I had ever ordered a writer to remove content, I would have expected that writer to have done the same to me.

But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate.

I'm not an absolutist about free speech. Intellectually, I believe that most of the time it's better to let things get said, argue them, and put lies and stupidities to rest. Practically, I know that newspapers rarely issue corrections with the same prominence they give to denouncements - and Twitter, by its nature, never does.

Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.

I did not seek to sell U.S. secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.

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.

Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of revealing wrongdoing.

Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.

ESPN wants to scrutinize everyone, but if they're scrutinized, they run and hide.

I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that.

I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

There's not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.

I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

I don't owe the media anything.

If I have the chance to say something, I will say it - but that doesn't obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.

I fully support accountability and transparency.

Columnists must make sure that when they describe an event, they are being accurate in their description. When they quote someone, they are required to do so accurately. Errors that are made must be corrected openly and quickly.

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore.

Unless you're really interested in sleaze, you should not buy 'Newsweek.'

ESPN puts out anything for clicks now, it kind of seems like.