Christiane Amanpour Quotes

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

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

My own view, there is a need for and a demonstrated need for more journalism now than there ever has been.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

I think in many aspects the press does amazing things and helps a lot of people.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

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

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

The newspaper is a moral force second only to the church. It is a political power superior to parties. It is an instrument of justice coequal with the court.

All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists.

The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.

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

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.

We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

The democratic approach to news is a very valuable thing. We're always going to be dependent on the quality of reporting of mainstream media.

Maybe it is because of Facebook or something else, but I have been interested in journalism for a long time.

There is a long-standing tradition in the mainstream press of middle-of-the-road journalism that is objective and fair. I would hate to see that fall victim to a panic about the Fox effect.

The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

We in the media should be breaking the news and not making the news.

The newspaper is in all its literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct

The force of the newspaper is the greatest force in civilization.... [Newspapers] declare wars ... make and unmake statesmen.

I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly important subjects so we're an informed citizenry.