Quotes About Press

McCarthy succeeded because he discovered and made full use of a tradition of American journalism—that most newpapermen report the news 'straight.' This means that if a prominent person says something sensational—even if untrue—the press normally will report the statement exactly as spoken ... The press simply acts as a mirror.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

Christian, D. (2004). Maps of time: An introduction to big history. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.

The best and the most talented in the pastoral ministry and in denominational hierarchies harm themselves and harm the church most through their unrestrained ego and unwillingness to step off the high places. Sexual sin gets the press, but ego sin kills the church.

Hitler saw the random bickering of the newspapers of the democratic countries as an inexcusable frittering-away of a vital national resource. He considered that the press could become a powerful instrument of national policy.

But for all this Fritsch was a fervent nationalist, and he shared with Hitler a hatred of the Jews, the 'Jewish press,' and a belief that 'the pacifists, Jews, democrats, black-red-and-gold and the French are all one and the same, namely people bent on Germany's perdition.

It is impossible to overestimate how humourless underpaid journalists can be.

God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write good things. My daughter's a writer, and she's a quality writer.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

I know the Chicago media will write a lot of bad things, but they'll write a lot of good things too. I can live with that. In Cleveland, all I got was negative press.

The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.

There is zero chaos, we are running - this is a fine-tuned machine. And Reince [Priebus] is doing a good job but half his job is putting out lies by the press.

I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

The Sun had a good relationship with Frank Bruno. We did lots of interviews. He was a great character, very friendly to the media.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.