“There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.” WritingJobsWishQualityDoubtMediaPressesActiveJournalistTerrificDisadvantagesFree Society Author:John F. Kennedy
“...opening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the press in a democracy - a newspaper, kiddo, is about Style.” MindStuffRolesDemocracyStyleKeysSmartPressesNewspapersOpeningJournalistOpening UpBronze Author:Garrison Keillor
“It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it as early if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other reliable medium; to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interest involved; to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.” IfsGivingEndsFormLanguageInterestPartyOpinionNew YorkInvolvedNewsImportanceIntelligentAimFavorsMediumsJournalistDiscussionAttractiveConsiderationShadeInvitesEarnestColumnsNew York TimesSectsForumsConcise Author:Adolph Ochs
“There is room in this great and growing city for a journal that is not only cheap but bright, not only bright but large, not only large but truly democratic-dedicated to the cause of the people rather than that of the purse potentates-devoted more to the news of the New than the Old World-that will expose all fraud and sham, fight all public evils and abuses-that will sever and battle for the people with earnest sincerity.” PeopleWorldFightingEvilCausesRoomsCitiesGrowingBattleNewsAbuseDemocraticJournalistFraudSincerityDedicatedDevotedJournalEarnestPursesOld World Author:Joseph Pulitzer
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” InspirationalGivingMindSuccessEvilPeaceEmotionAttitudeCrazyMinutesGiving UpForgivenessAngerAngryPeace Of MindSecondsSixtyAnger ManagementPeace And HappinessEssayistsAnger And ResentmentAnger ResentmentRage And AngerAnger And HurtFeeling AngryAngry WordsNo AngerAnger And BitternessAngry FeelingsWords Of AngerAnger InsideExpressing AngerAnger Hate Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing in the principles that promise the greatest good to the greatest number-to ALL MEN, regardless of race, creed or previous condition of servitude... It will be a fair newspaper, not a dull and selfish sheet.” PeopleMenBelieveHeartPoliticalNumbersRacePrinciplesConditionsPromiseFairsDemocraticSelfishNewspapersJournalistDullCreedsJournalSheetsServitudeOregonHead And HeartEntanglement Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I have long thought that his [Rupert Murdoch's] social philosophy was contained in his cartoon show, The Simpsons: all politicians and public officials are crooks, and the masses are a vast lumpen proletariat of deluded and exploitable blowhards.” LongPhilosophyShowsSocialPoliticianMassJournalistOfficialsCartoonProletariatDeludedCrooksPublic OfficialsBlowhardsCartoon Shows Author:Conrad Black
“If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you'll eventually be accused of treason.” IfsLongEnoughPoliticalPositionJournalistConsistentAccusedTreason Author:Mort Sahl
“... Don [Hewitt, 60 Minutes exec producer] told me, "You have set broadcast journalism back 20 years." Naturally, I was both proud and elated although too modest to say so, but broadcast journalism recovered with alacrity, my contract wasn't renewed, and the incident was forgotten.” YearsMinutesProudForgottenProducersJournalismJournalistContractsModestIncidentsAlacrityBroadcast Journalism Author:Nicholas von Hoffman
“Diminished circumstances had no effect on his sense of what was honorable: after The Spectator sent him a check for a piece it had accepted but was unable to run for a lack of space, he refused to write for the magazine again.” WritingRunningSpacePiecesEffectsCircumstancesAcceptedChecksMagazinesJournalistHonorableSpectators Author:Louis Menand
