#journalism

But newspapers have a duty to truth,' Van said. Lev clucked his tongue. 'They tell the truth only as the exception. Zola wrote that the mendacity of the press could be divided into two groups: the yellow press lies every day without hesitating. But others, like the Times, speak the truth on all inconsequential occasions, so they can deceive the public with the requisite authority when it becomes necessary.' Van got up from his chair to gather the cast-off newspapers. Lev took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. 'I don't mean to offend the journalists; they aren't any different from other people. They're merely the megaphones of the other people. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#press #journalist

And I really believe good journalism is good business. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#business #good #i #journalism #really

Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. ↗

— Russell Baker

#american life #background #journalism #life #noise

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. ↗

— Julian Assange

#good #journalism #nature

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#democracy #force #journalism #maintains #progressive

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#basket #college #department #i #into

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore. ↗

— Julie Chen

#completely #i #journalism #objective #school

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#does #entering #good #journalism #least

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. ↗

— Henry Anatole Grunwald

#claims #echoes #fault #greatest #horror

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#books #care #determined #dreams #friends