Theodore White Quotes

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

As reporters, we not only deliver the news of the day. We must also defend the truth. And just because we are pro-truth doesn't mean we are anti-Trump.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

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.

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

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

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

There are times when I feel that the journalists go overboard to get a bit of juicy news, but I guess that's a part of their work.

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

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.

If we shake the pillar of a free and objective press, we're harming our American national interests.

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

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

I don't believe reporters are supposed to be the story. That's how I was trained.

To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.

The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can't be too worried about what they're told at their country clubs.

Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

News, by and large, has been the purest of all the television mediums, or at least we've tried to keep it that way, and there constantly is the argument about the separation between church and state.

I think the press are good people; I think they're educated people.