~ 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. ~
~ Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism ~
~ Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. ~
~ Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. ~
~ Journalism is literature in a hurry.
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~ Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism. ~
~ You can crush a man with journalism. ~