Dave Barry Quotes

By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

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

I'd never compromise my position as a journalist by having a friendly relationship with a politician.

I am not a rabid partisan.

When you are not a candidate you have greater credibility.

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.

A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

As for being an objective journalist? That's easy. I want what everyone else wants: the truth.

A reformer should be exempt from the suspicion of interest, and he must possess the confidence and esteem of those whom he proposes to reclaim.

Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what he or she's up to to be fair, and that's the key word. Fairness to individuals, fairness to ideas, and to issues and whatever - that is critical, and that is also part and parcel of what the job.

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

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

I think the way to be an influential journalist is to be accurate and to be fair and to get things right and to really characterize things in an honest way, versus being really snarky or cheerleading.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

There's a longstanding tradition that journalists don't cheer in the press box. They have opinions, like anyone else, but they are expected to keep those opinions out of their work.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.