Jim Acosta Quotes

I mean, to call the press the enemy is dangerous and just remarkably bizarre.

There is a permanent war between journalists and the political classes.

Every President hates the Press.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

While they shriek for "freedom of the press" when there is no slightest threat to that freedom, they deny to citizens that freedom from the press to which the decencies of life entitle them. They misrepresent, they distort, they color, they blackguard, they lie.

The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself

Democracies die in darkness.... I don't realluy think that President Trump really believes that the press is the "enemy of the people"

We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.

The press has a right to go out and write stories... but I think similarly, and what Donald Trump has proven... is that when people are wrong, he's going to hold them accountable, and he's going to correct the record.

The press are animals, and they need to be treated that way.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

The press has met their Waterloo, and it's Obama.

When you lose power, then all of a sudden, the press are lions. When you have power, the press are lambs.

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

People think I've got a problem with the press. Actually I have no problem with the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there.

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

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

The press is the enemy.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

The violation of press freedoms has been egregious under this administration, even as the press fetes President Obama as an honest and effective commander-in-chief.

If there's one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that, right or wrong, they hate the press.

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.