Brian Stelter Quotes

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

Fake news is cheap to produce. Genuine journalism is expensive.

When there are falsehoods and ludicrous statements made at briefings, we've got to call that out.

There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.

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.

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

I just love when the Internet is wrong. It's the only thing that will save journalism.

I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.

When the crisis at the core of our nation’s political decline is a direct attack on the truth, the institution that should take the lead in confronting and correcting that danger is the press.

I deplore with you, the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed, and the malignity, the vulgarity, and mendacious spirit of those who write for them.... As vehicles of information, and a curb on our functionaries, they have rendered themselves useless, by forfeiting all title to belief.

Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.

There evolved a new media definition of civility that privileged "balance" over truth-telling—even when one side was lying. It's a real and profound change.

Certainly in my own body of reporting, I was very acutely aware of the risk of any mischaracterized journalism and the need for anything I put out to be absolutely bulletproof.

False news hurts everyone. It hurts our community; it hurts us as individuals.

More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another.

There are not two sides to a story when one side is a lie. Journalists - and the rest of us - must stop giving equal time to things that don't have an opposing side.

The point of journalism is to hold people in positions of power accountable.

I am a big believer in the power of journalism; it's a heroic pursuit.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

I think that Twitter and YT and blogs are keeping media more honest. Everyone can be a journalist now. Everyone is a fact checker.