Robin Leach Quotes

If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success.

Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what he or she's up to to be fair, and that's the key word. Fairness to individuals, fairness to ideas, and to issues and whatever - that is critical, and that is also part and parcel of what the job.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

Good journalism, I think, represents life and if you try to organize something too neatly it usually blows up in your face and doesn't really happen the way you want it to.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out of factual reporting.

I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something.

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

What a nice mob you press fellows are--wholesale scavengers!

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

A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.

My job is to cover the news and do it accurately and fair. And we do.

As a trial lawyer in front of a jury and an author of true-crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.

I'm objective because I tell the truth.

You have to be careful not to go overboard. How do you balance what is clearly great television with good journalism?

What we want is responsible journalism. We want to avoid bigotry.

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 matters that we have balance and facts and push people when they need to be pushed so that we can give the accurate, fair, balanced piece to the viewer, and then it's up to the viewer to be the judge.

I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.

I don't want to be labeled as just a producer. Producers have little control and they get little respect. And I'm a man of respect.

I don't want to be a total moron and be just known as the jazz-handed judge.

My reputation is the main reason why a lot of things don't go my way on the court.

I encourage members of the media to attempt to Be Best in their own professions.

People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.