Quotes About Journalism

The worst part of my life is newspapers are still alive - sorry, I had to say it.

I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.

I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.

Too many of our conversations in the media hinge on conflict delivered in three-second sound bites.

Well, every now and then I would hear the preposterous notion that that Jane Pauley sounds like Barbara Walters. Like I could if I tried?

A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.

There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.

I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.

You know, I was at CBS News for 28 years. I may have run an unidentified source. Frankly, I don't remember.

In my very early days as a journalist, as a cub reporter on a local newspaper, I used to cover the district courthouse in Limerick city - all human life passed through that establishment, and my time there remains a source of inspiration.

Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards.

If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.

My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

We need to boycott the mainstream media, and we need to go online, and we need to find credible news sources.

I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about the media's role in society.

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.

It simply is not cost affective to cover stories from independent sources.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

Some of the best stories that I've gotten, that others have written about this administration, about the previous administration, you have to rely on anonymous sources.

There's no question that sources sometimes have interests aside from the truth when they talk to reporters. That's why reporters have to very aggressively report against their own theses and against their initial information.

There are news sources that are just out-and-out lies coming from Europe, coming from other parts of the world.

I broadcast games. I think there is a huge difference between print journalism and broadcasting. I don't have to say, 'sources close to LeBron James,' five times a game. I can just put my name to it. I say what I believe. It doesn't mean it's right. It's what I believe.