News Coverage Quotes

Working for the 'Miami Herald' in 1972, I covered street action for both the Republican and Democratic national conventions in Miami and saw probably the most violent conventions ever - more violent than even 1968 in Chicago.

The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

It's CNN who really should hold Trump accountable. And because they are trading the short-term fix of increased ratings by focusing on Trump drama - and I'm not saying they shouldn't cover the Russian investigations, of course they should - but the blanket coverage, it's not about news values. It is about ratings. And it comes at a tremendous cost because Trump supporters are fully defended against this. As far as they're concerned, this is a vast conspiracy, it's fake news, it doesn't impact their daily lives, it makes them see Trump as a victim, which he wants to be seen as.

I've covered a lot of presidential campaigns.

Whatever may be said about the power of the press, it is undeniable that it can set the entire public thinking and talking about any topic ...

The Boston Globe's award-winning journalism as well as its rich history and tradition of excellence have established it as one of the most well-respected media companies in the country.

I talk about things that are front page news.

The media is always looking for a story of one kind or another.

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.

I'm always having to get rid of reporters.

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

Andy Stasiuk was a newsman of the old school of front-page journalism - tough, knowledgeable, cynical, single-minded and fun. He covered the news as a happy warrior in an era of cutthroat editorial competition.

Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news.

I can't remember exactly, but the White House is not keen on people going on Fox News. It's my view that while people in the administration feel that Fox News doesn't give them a fair shake, the fact of the matter is there are a lot of people who watch Fox News.

Listen, the guy was not created by coverage from MSNBC and CNN. If you want to blame us for making Donald Trump president because you're unhappy about it, I think you are deluding yourself. Donald Trump hit a nerve.

I don't give a piss if I get into the afternoon papers.

If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.

Twelve hundred people died last week in Darfur. Their lives are just as important is yours and mine. The Foley story is a big story but in the interest of pursuing a sex scandal we are ignoring life and death problems all over the planet.

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't subscribe to that at all. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially … a rough draft of history. Some days it's reassuring, some days it's absolutely destructive.

Many newspapers have become players as well as spectators in the political debate.

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

I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism, around the world and here as well.

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated -- serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.

Theodore Roosevelt owes more to newspapers than any other man of his time, or possibly of any other time.