Quotes About Journalism

In 2013, the week before I dropped 'Crenshaw,' 'Complex' wrote an article that said that Nipsey Hussle is one of the top 25 underperforming artists. I was so offended that I responded with my own opinion about these journalists - their point of view is not validated in our culture.

I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.

With 'Clinton Cash,' we never really broke a story.

There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league.

I write my columns pretty carefully.

There is always sleaze in the news. And you know what? The news is always a combination of things that are interesting and things that are important.

If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.

If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist. That was my other dream job.

The media in America has become so cowed and compromised.

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

I confess to being a CNN junkie. And when I'm driving, it's all NPR all the time.

Of course the shrieking desire for the scoop can get really strong, but so is the desire to safeguard connections and keep everyone happy.

I don't think very many people would accuse Paula Zahn of being a conservative.

As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shih tzus in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the feet of those in power, I feel plumb discouraged about the future of journalism.

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

I think newspapers will survive in some form or another.

A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.

'The Daily News' and 'Post' gave me my life, and I want to see them survive.

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.

It's probably the journalist in me, but I'm naturally suspicious about consensus and always feel an impulse to confront it.

As editor-in-chief of the 'Guardian' and the 'Observer', my job is to ensure that our independent journalism continues to be enjoyed by as many readers as possible and that our print newspapers make a positive financial contribution to securing a sustainable future.

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.

If you are a journalist, check and double-check your sources. Don't just swallow what politicians tell you.