Thomas Sadoski Quotes

I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth.

Journalism is kind of scary and of it we should be wary.

Having been a journalist for thirty-nine years, I've developed a pretty thick skin.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.

One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.

Whenever you're reporting, there's always something you can't say or write, but the questions, you always want to get as close to that line as possible. You want to ask the tough questions.

A common criticism of establishment journalists entails comparing them to stenographers, on the ground that most of them do little more than mindlessly write down and uncritically repeat what government officials say.

I'm in the business, as a journalist, of asking tough questions.

I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

How do you know the news is reliable if you didn’t gather it yourself?

Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.

Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.

I want to educate people and deliver news that isn't just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I'd like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy.

Journalists who swallow the subject's account whole and publish it are not journalists but publicists.

We need ethical journalism. There is also capacity limitations in journalism.

I don't know if I ever believed in the infallibility of a journalist's objectivity, but I definitely stopped flirting with the notion as a young adult.

If you are a journalist, check and double-check your sources. Don't just swallow what politicians tell you.