A lot of stories that have fascinated me are tabloid stories that have come from other newspapers, like 'The New York Times.'
It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.
I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.
Journalism is not what it used to be. I thought it was an important job, but it is not. I'm idealistic, and it pretty much upsets me that negativity sells and that even if I wanted to tell the truth, I wouldn't be able to if my boss does not okay it.
Business pages of American newspapers should not read like a scandal sheet.
The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.
In journalism the gold standard has become punditry rather than reporting.
I have tried to write about this matter without any improper bias, but of course we are all cowards about newspapers who tyrannize over us all.
Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
It’s a lot easier and cheaper to have thumbsuckers and pundits on television than it is to have reporters and news bureaus around the world.
I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties.
The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
Not all journalists are really journalists. They ask such stupid questions sometimes, especially the newer ones, and because... these people can't tell if you're joking around, you just can't have any sense of humour; you really can't.
I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.
In the '70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It's much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn't as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.
I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair.
Is there Gawker ethics? I mean, I guess there's Gawker ethics. It's a dangerous thing to talk about.
Internet news cycles are by the minute, and any fool can take a headline from the Associated Press and send it out as news.
There are those who blame the Press, but in this I think they are mistaken. The Press is such as the public demands, and the public demands bad newspapers because it has been badly educated.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston
In a way, I think of the press as my colleagues. I don't want to throw hand grenades at people who do something that's pretty similar to what I do. But at the same time, we all need to take ourselves seriously and be responsible as professionals. And there was a collective failure in the treatment of Christopher Jefferies.
I don't think CNN is 'fake news.' I think there are some reports everywhere, in print, on TV, on radio, in conversation, that are not well-researched and are sometimes based on falsehoods.
The press are scum.
I think the news people no longer have any idea of what covering the news is.
It's completely inappropriate. It's not journalism. It's opinion.
Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.
