Juan Cole Quotes

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting.

I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

I am not a rabid partisan.

I do not intend to prejudge the past.

A liberal is a man who's too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

I have come to learn that preliminary judgments are not judgments.

The good journalist is never objective. He is always neutral.

It helps to have “has beens” on commissions because they have no political ax to grind.

I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.

On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.

Supreme Court justices should not be an extension of the Republican Party.

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

Being government funded does not necessarily mean being biased, just like being privately funded does not necessarily mean being independent.