I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.
The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
The point of journalism is to hold people in positions of power accountable.
My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.
As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.
We ought to remain skeptical of our own institutions.
I think that the essence of a free and civilized society is that everything in it should be subject to criticism, that all forms of authority, should be treated with a certain reservation.
