“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.” LittlesMadeBookShowsLiteratureBitsSeriousLittle BitJokesCaughtJournalistLetterman Author:Bob Woodward
“The great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness.” FeelsKindSeemsJobsCultureMy OwnAudienceSeriousAngerRidiculousGreat ThingsAll KindsWitnessJournalistReportsBitternessBehaviourPrismsCelebrity CultureAnger And Bitterness Author:Kathy Griffin
“Serious journalists often imagine society is adrift because people don't know certain things. Yet often, they know but just don't care. So the task of serious journalism isn't just to lay out truths. It is to make vital truths compelling to a big audience.” PeopleKnowsBigsCareCertainAudienceImagineSeriousTasksLaysDon't CareJournalismJournalistCompellingAdrift Author:Alain de Botton
“It was nerve-wracking [to unleash 'Life of Pi' to the world]. The first show to the journalists, that was the first one, so I was very uptight. Then I felt okay about the reception because we did a press conference with good and friendly questions, although people looked serious. So really, after the show you went to - the premiere - that reception tells me I think the movie worked, so that was a relief. I started to feel deflated.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsShowsFeltSeriousOkayPressesJournalistReliefFriendlyConferencesReceptionPremieresPress ConferencesUptight Author:Ang Lee
“[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire.” InterestEnemySeriousTrumpRight NowConflictMembersCongressJournalistEmpiresHuntsMultinationalsConflict Of Interest Author:Chuck Todd