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~ The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body. ~
~ There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great ~
~ People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true. ~
~ In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right ~
~ Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once ~
~ Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing right, that there should be nobody with the power to dictate where responsible journalism begins ~
~ Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to resort to tricks to make money ~
~ I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world. ~
~ There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time. ~
~ Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible ~
~ There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. ~
~ The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it ~
~ Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them ~
~ A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state. ~
~ Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. ~
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