Mike Cernovich Quotes

One of the great things about journalism, at its best I mean, is its forensic, investigative truth seeking instincts.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

I just don't understand why people decide to be journalists if they're not willing to investigate hard-hitting news stories.

As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a documentarian, however you want to describe it - part of what I do has to be the pursuit of the truth.

A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write.

We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.

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

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

I've always loved shows like '48 Hours' and 'Dateline,' and I've always been passionate about getting to the truth, and journalism.

I'm in the business, as a journalist, of asking tough questions.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.

I'm a journalism junkie.

I believe there are two kinds of journalists. One who sells a story by being creative, and one who sells a story by being sensationalist.

I want to be a journalist; I want to ask tough questions.