Joshua Oppenheimer Quotes

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power.

My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.

America is strong because its journalism is strong. That's how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses. And that is where we come in.

Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being.

Being a reporter is at the very core of a democracy, being a free person in a free society.

I think journalism is important.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

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.

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?

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.

I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering.

This role is designed to question the behavior of government officials on behalf of the public. I think people who have done this and all jobs in journalism have believed that.

I got 'The Red White and Blue' out of journalism. It puts you in touch with the world.

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.

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

Journalism is not writing.

I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in support of the public interest.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing.

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

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.

They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.