Frank Bruni Quotes

I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.

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.

We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

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.

Is there Gawker ethics? I mean, I guess there's Gawker ethics. It's a dangerous thing to talk about.

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

We in the media should be breaking the news and not making the news.

Being beyond politics, I am able to examine the role of the media without worrying about the indignant harrumphing that emanates from many journalists and commentators when you do so.

I wish the media and people that work in media would realize sometimes - and I know it doesn't pay your bills - but sometimes just sit back and think, like, 'Man, what if this was my child? And somebody was doing this to them? And they had to go through it? If somebody bashed them like this?'

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

I think the media's responsibility is to get to the bottom of things - to get to the truth.

We in the media accept the responsibility of what we do.

It's essential that the media is sober and intentional in everything they do, and that's something we should all keep top of mind.

It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about the media's role in society.

That's really what's kept me at 'TYT' even though I've gotten offers where I'd make a lot more money working at other media outlets: There's a value in making sure we inform our audience so they're responsible members of the democratic process. To me, that's more valuable than ratings or money or anything else you can get at these other networks.

Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy.

I'm less upset with politicians than the media. I feel like politicians, there is a certain, inherent - you know, the way I always explain it is, when you go to the zoo and a monkey throws its feces, it's a monkey. But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesn't say bad monkey... Somebody's got to be the zookeeper.

We all work for media, we all make mistakes all the time. That's inevitable. What the difference between a responsible journalistic institution is, does it care whether it makes mistakes or not? And does it correct them?

I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.

I couldn't say a specific thing, but the media is not really held to high standards anymore.

The sole aim of journalism should be service.

I think the media is dangerously close to creating their own product. They used to cover the product, which was whatever's happening.

I consider what I do on Deadspin to be based in the foundations of journalism, yes, based on the foundations of journalism that I have been trained and that I certainly use when I write for GQ and The New York Times and so on. Certainly, I think the language can be a little looser on the web, but I am held to the same standards and accuracy everyone else is.

Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.