Media Objectivity Quotes

Reality has a well-known liberal bias.

The media increase the political nastiness while distancing voters from those clashes. Citizens become spectators. ­Headline-­driven news emphasizes the extremes, the fights, the hysteria, the sensational. Political reporters, trying to appear objective by quoting two opposing sides to almost every story, mostly sharpen the differences, slighting any centrist position.

If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.

I have no problem whatsoever with a kind of political overview or an ideological overview for any of these outlets as long as it's transparent. We know where Breitbart stands, we know where Fox stands, where MSNBC stands. So, people go in with an understanding of that.

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media.

The news is a public service. It's a way to inform people of what's going on in their world. And when you make it about ratings and make it about ad dollars, there's no incentive to inform people. The incentive is to be sensationalistic and get as many people to watch as you can without any regard for truth or objectivity.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

I think that 'Fox News' is fair and balanced.

It’s always a danger when an institution like the press becomes disconnected from the people.

1952 was the last year that television covered a political event as if television weren't there.

I think you should be able to have a press conference without having reporters key in on certain divisive issues.

The chief danger which threatens the influence and honor of the press is the tendency of its liberty to degenerate into license.

We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It's up to the public to decide what's the truth.

The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.

I think the media is dangerously close to creating their own product. They used to cover the product, which was whatever's happening.

I don't believe reporters are supposed to be the story. That's how I was trained.

First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.

Many people no longer trust major media outlets to give them valuable information - and they may never do so again.

I really am convinced that what is happening in media today is the result of the birth of conservative media and its rapid growth and ascension. It has destroyed the left's monopoly in media. When they had the monopoly, they could pretend that they were not what they are and get away with it. They could pretend to be objective. You know, the power of a monopoly is not just determining what stories you are going to cover, but what you don't cover is just as powerful.

Liberal papers are not necessarily liberal.

The media doesn't need a conscience; people need consciences.

The news media in general are liberals.

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

No newspaper which is supporting one class of society is independent.

Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."