Dan Rather Quotes

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

Our content carries the Forbes name, and our whole mantra is to put authoritative journalism at the center of the social media experience.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.

I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

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

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

Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

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.