And that’s the way it is.
It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.
Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people’s faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.
Our job is only to hold up the mirror – to tell and show the public what has happened.
The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know – not what they want to know.
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.
Those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war.
Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there.
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one’s prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
Dan Rather and I just aren’t especially chummy.
The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck.
People who understand music hear sounds that no one else makes when Frank Sinatra sings.
Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.
Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.
Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day-23 minutes-and that’s supposed to be enough.
The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.
Old anchormen, you see, don’t fade away. They just keep coming back for more. And that’s the way it is, Friday, March 6, 1981.
We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.
I’m still ready to go to the moon, if they’ll take me.