Quotes About Ethics

There has to be some decorum left in politics and in American journalism as well. Our husbands are the candidates.

I wouldn't say all journalism is activism, but I would say most journalism is activism.

I don't think much of the journalism that I see.

Definitely there has been a decline in journalism. It wasn't there at all when you fought an election, won, lost and came back to become an editor. That must have been the golden age of journalism.

My view of journalism is that it needs to be independent but it's not independent when someone is paying the bills for you.

Before I ever heard about '60 Minutes,' I had been a writer, a columnist for 'Life' magazine and for 'Newsweek' - that was about as high as you could get in column writing. I care about my writing. I'm not a quack-quack TV journalist.

I was never a good journalist, because I would make things up. A lot of people frowned on that, which is why I ended up in fiction.

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions.

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success.

The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the griefs and shames of others.

The journalist must do his work in a kind of deliberately induced state of moral anarchy.

As a journalist, you don't tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can't expect that. It's not professional.

When you are a journalist, you have a big responsibility towards your audience and it is important to respect that responsibility.

While I am not a journalist, I have, myself, written more than one thing that has been plagiarized in the past.

The things that make for a good journalist - or for that matter, make for good journalism - they've never changed since the craft was invented.

I don't think any of the journalists in 'Broadchurch' are villainous. I think they're all trying to do their jobs under difficult circumstances.

Yes, there are bad apples, but I do feel journalists do a good job, often in very difficult circumstances.

A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven't helped us. But the media is essential for democratic society.

If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.

ABC forbids political activity by journalists.

Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.

You know it's easy here to buy journalists.

Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.