Ari Melber Quotes

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.

Truth is not half way between right and wrong;

I think evil is very relative.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.

There is a bias in the press for facts over fiction.

I know some people believe impartiality is key, and it's necessary in some situations, but in others - if something is so fundamentally wrong, why do we have to make out we're impartial?

Right and wrong are not the product of census.

What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values.

Is journalism a profession that serves the public by maintaining high standards, or is it a social construct that should be redesigned to directly serve certain social goods? Some argue that all journalism involves bias, either hidden or revealed. But it is one thing to say that objectivity and fairness are ultimately unreachable. It is another to cease grasping for them. That would be a world of purely private truths, in which the boldest liars and demagogues would thrive.

Everybody is grappling with their own moral compass, and that needle, like any needle, can't just stick. It's always floating a little bit, and depending on where you're standing, it's hard to read.

'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad.

I teach ethics at the FBI academy, which is ironic.

Obviously everybody is accountable for their own actions, and everybody has to make judgments based on their own conscience as to whether or not they believe what they were doing is right or wrong.

I believe that we should keep the truth as a priority.

You have to follow your moral compass: it's a good guide of telling you what is right and wrong.

Our moral philosophy determines our values - what we care about and what we don't care about - and our values determine our decisions, actions, and beliefs. Therefore, moral philosophy applies to everything in our lives.

Morality is very important. We have to be together.

We are trained to distinguish between journalism that's short and long, that's responsible and irresponsible, that stands for the right values and stands for the wrong.

There's no bias when it comes to facts, and there's no bias when it comes to decency.

Speaking of honesty, if you're like me you turn on the news to get information - a set of facts. If you want opinion, you come to shows like mine, where our prejudices and biases and opinions are made known; there's no false pretenses that you're getting pure objectivity.

Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line.