“Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton.” LittlesBigsPoliticalTalentNewsBillsClintonJournalistLeagueThinkerGovernorsTicketsCovering Author:Ron Fournier
“The journalists in America are no longer covering critical stories. Investigative journalism is gone. Foreign-news coverage is gone. The press is owned by five giant corporations.” StoriesAmericaGoneFiveNewsPressesCriticalJournalismJournalistCorporationsGiantsCoveringCoverageInvestigative JournalismNews Coverage Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers, not writers. Do powder puff, not probing interviews. Stay away from controversial subjects. Kiss ass, move with the mass, and for heaven and rating's sake, don't make anybody mad- - certainly not anybody you're covering, and especially not the mayor, the governor, the senator, the president or the vice-president or anybody in a position of power. Make nice, not news.” ActionMovingHeavenPresidentNiceWrittenSubjectsCryPositionKissingNewsMassMadSakeVicesPopsAssAnalysisInterviewsGovernorsSenatorsCoveringControversialMayorsRatingVice PresidentPowderPuffPosition Of PowerProbingExpletives Author:Dan Rather
“I see a pretty bright line between analysis and opinion. And so, to that end, my goal on Friday nights is to try to assemble the smartest reporters who are available to me that week who have been involved in covering the news.” TryingHas BeensEndsNightGoalLinesOpinionWeekInvolvedNewsAvailableAnalysisReportersFridayCoveringFriday Night Author:Gwen Ifill
“One of the problems with the media covering this place is that there are stereotypes of news, one of which is "war rages" and the other is "peace dawns." And there isn't much in between. When I talk to foreign journalists, often they are gritting their teeth because they've been asked for a piece about how shops are reopening and restaurants are reopening and so forth - happy pieces. And it just ain't so.” WarProblemPiecesMediaNewsRageTeethJournalistDawnRestaurantsShopsStereotypeCovering Author:Patrick Cockburn
“I think the news people no longer have any idea of what covering the news is.” PeopleThinkingIdeasNewsCovering Author:Bill Maher
“The brutality of the pace. This was my third presidential campaign and it was a thousand times faster paced than my first one in 2004. The news cycle is constant and there has been an explosion in the number of news outlets covering them. As as result we're witnessing news and entertainment melding together to create what I'd describe as the "American Idolization" of campaigns and politics.” FirstsHas BeensTogetherResultsNumbersThousandNewsThirdsConstantEntertainmentCampaignsFasterPresidentialCyclesPaceOutletsExplosionsCoveringBrutalityPresidential Campaign Author:Kevin Madden
“When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me.” ImportantHardHappensInterestingNewsWoodsLos AngelesCoveringUnimportant Author:Charles Kuralt
“As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.” WantKindPoliticalNewsAccessCampaignsPresidentialCandidatesDelusionCoveringCoverageNothing NewBargainingPresidential CampaignNews Coverage Author:Dan Rather