Pauline Kael Quotes

I only know what I read in the papers.

The media's job is to question a premise.

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.

I'm very wary of news on television.

If it comes to be believed that we are simply a propaganda organ of some kind, as a lot of people believe about some of our competitors, that would be a problem.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

Clearly, you can't believe everything you read in the press.

You can't believe everything that's written or reported in the media.

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.

I don't trust news sources, and neither should other people. They should use them in the same way that they use medical opinions and get more than one on the important issues. Trust is the most precious thing you could possibly give to another person. But to institutions? Publications?

I don't take anything that I read in the newspaper at face value on either side - from anybody.

We've lost a lot of regard for straight forward news stories, and that has then been supplemented by comment, not even analysis, which has created a lot of celebrity journalists.

Unless you're really interested in sleaze, you should not buy 'Newsweek.'

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

In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.

Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines appreciation for technique with skepticism about motives. We respond to ads with at least as much rhetorical intelligence as we apply to any other form of persuasion.

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.

I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

I know the difference between journalism and a slogan.