32 Quotes by Sydney Schanberg

This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff.

Lacey had this huge chip on his shoulder. He walked into the room thinking that the people didn't welcome him and didn't like him. He gave the impression that he didn't understand the Voice and New York, and he didn't want to.

What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news.

You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on.

The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.

Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.

I asked him, How could we have a press column if we can't write about other work done in the press?

The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role.

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.