Sheri Fink Quotes

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

I want to have a media platform that is an honest broker and not just a mouthpiece for a political party.

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead of truth seeking which is a different thing.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

I think the way to be an influential journalist is to be accurate and to be fair and to get things right and to really characterize things in an honest way, versus being really snarky or cheerleading.

When we are reporting the news, we make every effort to report it in as factual way as possible.

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

A journalists's job is not to be balanced. It is to be accurate.

You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting.

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.

I'm a news anchor; I'm not an ideologue.

As for being an objective journalist? That's easy. I want what everyone else wants: the truth.

I think the idea of journalists being neutral is very important.

I've met many journalists who impress me with their ability to play it straight. I think they're the exception to the rule.

We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions.

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.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

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.

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.