622 Quotes About Journalism

How well it had suited me, that absolute license to march up to evildoers and demand who, what, where, when and why?

Da nessun'altra parte il reato commesso per necessità è tollerato come in Germania: è uno di quegli aspetti che i cappellani militari alleati chiamano mancanza di morale. Scendere in basso è più lecito che soccombere.

Il giornalismo è l'arte di arrivare troppo tardi il più in fretta possibile.

I'm not involved, not involved," I repeated. It has been an article of my creed. The human condition being what it was, let them fight, let them love, let them murder, I would not be involved. My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action – even an opinion is a kind of action.

It's not the news that makes the newspaper, but the newspaper that makes the news.

If the one who is to get us the news is in chains, the news may get to us but with chains!

Political pundits are under professional obligation to regard the obvious as being too obvious.

War correspondents share something with soldiers; when they opt for this profession they know the dangers.

It's always worrying to see a journalist take a sudden interest in what you're saying, especially when you half suspect it was a load of pigeon guano.