Quotes About Truth

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.

Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.

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

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

I've met many journalists who impress me with their ability to play it straight. I think they're the exception to the rule.

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

Journalists are still inventing things that never existed about me. Before, it made me cry, but now I laugh about it.

Many good journalists have attempted to confront Trump about his many lies and failures, and have failed.

This isn't a dig on journalists, but people like to write about the 'death of blank.' The death of something.

We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account.

Journalists do not write about human feelings.

After working at the 'Guardian' for two decades, I feel I know instinctively why it exists. Most of our journalists and our readers do, too - it's something to do with holding power to account and upholding liberal values.

I think of journalists as being bullet-proof in a way.

A lot of what journalists write is drivel.

I would give back every single award to be able to actually do our jobs as journalists without this kind of harassment.

There are far too many journalists who are in a rush to be first, instead of being right.

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead of truth seeking which is a different thing.

Everything is fiction. You only have your own life to work with in the way that a biographer only has the letters and journals to work with.

I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth.