Journalism Quotes

Criticizing reporters is like boo-ing at the Special Olympics.

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

How in God's name do you let such paragraphs into the Tribune? ... I confess it astonishes me.

It is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which can be regarded as a support of national independence, cultural elevation, and the economic independence of the nation.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.