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Media criticism8 quotes
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962All newspaper and journalistic activity is an intellectual brothel from which there is no retreat. — Leo Tolstoy · 1871Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960It's disgusting the way they splash this stuff all over the newspapers! What is journalism coming to? You're laying on top of the queen with her legs wrapped around you and they call that news. They can't kick you off the force, Frank! It's just not fair! — Capt. Ed Hocken · 1988Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on the people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. — Janet Malcolm · 1989Forget everything you've seen on television and in the movies. There won't be any last minute, surprise witnesses. No one will break down on the stand with a tearful confession. — Joe Miller · 1993All 8 quotes →Media5 quotes
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962All newspaper and journalistic activity is an intellectual brothel from which there is no retreat. — Leo Tolstoy · 1871Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960It's disgusting the way they splash this stuff all over the newspapers! What is journalism coming to? You're laying on top of the queen with her legs wrapped around you and they call that news. They can't kick you off the force, Frank! It's just not fair! — Capt. Ed Hocken · 1988Forget everything you've seen on television and in the movies. There won't be any last minute, surprise witnesses. No one will break down on the stand with a tearful confession. — Joe Miller · 1993Newspapers4 quotes
All newspaper and journalistic activity is an intellectual brothel from which there is no retreat. — Leo Tolstoy · 1871It's disgusting the way they splash this stuff all over the newspapers! What is journalism coming to? You're laying on top of the queen with her legs wrapped around you and they call that news. They can't kick you off the force, Frank! It's just not fair! — Capt. Ed Hocken · 1988The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them. — Thomas Jefferson · 1807To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. — Aleister Crowley · 1929Journalism2 quotes
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on the people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. — Janet Malcolm · 1989American West1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962Freedom of the press1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Politics1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Power1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Reading1 quote
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. — Aleister Crowley · 1929Truth1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962Truth vs. fiction1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962