Michael Arrington Quotes

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

It's really just my Hammurabi code of journalism ethics, that I don't want to ask someone to do something that I won't do myself.

We have standards. Anybody with the kind of journalism experience and professionalism that you have displayed over these years can not work for my program.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

Well, there's a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw in character.

We are not a paid bunch of bullies. Our job is to get the facts.

Consciences keep silence more often than they should, that's why laws were created.

Journalists should wear a white uniform to indicate the purity of their character.

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

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

Everyone is free to express their opinions, but I think that journalists should do it with more responsibility. They lack accuracy.

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

I've met many journalists who impress me with their ability to play it straight. I think they're the exception to the rule.

You have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists.