Katharine Viner Quotes

Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.

I don't think much of the journalism that I see.

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate.

Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.

'The Guardian,' with its deep journalistic traditions, is careful about context and explanation. It sees itself as a gatekeeper, and it worries about consequences.

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

I have such respect and awe for journalists who are able to communicate important information to the masses without sobbing.

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being.

I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.

If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting?

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

A news-writer is a man without virtue who lies at home for his own profit.

It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell.

Journalism is not an exact science. At best it i a crude art.

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

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

We have rights in America. In tandem with those rights, we have responsibility. Whatever type of journalist we are, whether it be in the entertainment business, or as professional journalists, we always have the consequences of the way we present fact and information.

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

I'm not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.