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Quotes About Press

Our Di had, according to her myth, been hounded to death by the baying werewolves of the yellow press. Of course it was now plain I was one. Maybe even the worst of them. Some people claimed they had actually seen me baying. In the tunnel. With the blood of their angel on my hands.
~ Michael Moorcock
Although it sees the world through much the same ideological lens as do corporate and government elites, the press must occasionally report some of the unpleasantness of life, if only to maintain its credibility with a public that is not always willing to buy the far-right line. On those occasions, rightists complain bitterly about a left bias.
~ Michael Parenti
But for the most part, the press went about its business of blaming the victims, glorifying the police, and demonizing those who fought back.
~ Michael Parenti
I was sitting alone in a grim mood - furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me - from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign - please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
~ Rachel Lambert Mellon
I can't imagine a situation where, as FBI director, I would be giving a press conference on an uncharged individual, much less talking in detail about it.
~ Christopher A. Wray
Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.
~ Thomas Griffith
I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody,I was taught to love and forgive,which I do have in my heart,but please don't believe these crazy, horrifying things.
~ Michael J. Jackson
I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers.
~ Mindy Kaling
I love Diego [ Luna Cassian]. Diego is very funny. He's a very cool guy. I'm looking forward to doing all the press stuff and getting to hang out with him and everybody again.
~ Alan Tudyk
But, visiting Sea, your love doth press / And reach in further than you know, / And fills all these; and, when you go, / There's loneliness in loneliness.
~ Alice Meynell
The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.
~ Guy Garvey
I think we all have a love/hate relationship with the media.
~ Judd Apatow
I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid.
~ Ken Livingstone
A few months earlier, when a state official named Bud Dwyer was similarly accused of corruption, he called a press conference, pulled out a gun and, as cameras rolled, blew his brains out. This led to an excellent local joke.
~ Bill Bryson
The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.
~ Bill Kovach
Trump was systemically attacking the courts, the press, and Congress—a vintage move by an autocrat to dismantle institutions constricting his power.
~ Bob Woodward
Don't take any questions, all the staff told him with urgency. Trump said he did not plan on taking any. At the press briefing, he took questions
~ Bob Woodward
President Trump is a good listener, Mattis said, as long as you don't hit one of his third rails—immigration and the press are the two big ones. If you hit one, he is liable to go off on a tangent and not come back for a long time. "Secretaries of Defense don't always get to choose the president they work for." Everyone laughed.
~ Bob Woodward
Former General John Kelly had stood in the Trump Tower lobby as Trump took questions with a grim look on his face. Colbert said, "This guy is a four-star general. Iraq, no problem. Afghanistan, we can do it. Twenty-minute Trump press conference? A quagmire.
~ Bob Woodward
excessive anger against authority, vindictiveness and temper tantrums. As far as she was concerned, that described the press.
~ Bob Woodward
And yes, come to the press preview. That way if anything goes wrong, I can throw you to the paparazzi while I make my escape.
~ Suzanne Enoch
The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.
~ Junius
The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.
~ Justice Hugo L. Black
Would you like to press charges?" the officer asked. She was not serious. Nobody pressed charges against stars of A-stream teams, especially ones like Danders Anders who were in their final year and on the brink of superlative careers. "I'd love to press charges," Rochelle answered. "That would be joyous." The officer grinned. "Wouldn't it?
~ Justine Larbalestier