Journalistic Quotes

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin. - Eason Jordan

When the buyer looked at it, he saw it was a serious and empathetic look at how the other half lives. We were really impressed with how scholarly and journalistic it was. - Beth Bingham

We're tapping John Butte's considerable expertise in broadcast television management to help guide and strengthen our company's legacy station. In his roles as news director and acting general manager at WEWS, John has clearly demonstrated his ability to motivate journalistic excellence and solid financial performance. We're fortunate to have someone with John's impressive background leading the station that bears the initials of our company's founder. - Bill Peterson

We're overjoyed that Rory has been released safe and sound. We'd like to thank all those in London, Dublin and Iraq who played a role in freeing him. Both British and Irish governments have been extremely helpful - as have many journalistic colleagues around the world and sympathetic groups and individuals in Baghdad. - Alan Rusbridger

We think the system we set up has allowed us to keep our journalistic standards as well as perform a public service. - David Corvo

We know our journalistic colleagues will understand why we need to exercise great care in commenting on Jill's situation. - David Cook

We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that they will not be able to build a valuable journalistic brand without good journalism, which is expensive. This creates a chasm between us that admittedly will be very hard to bridge ... Our job is not to give the public what they think they want because what they want changes or is wrong. Look at how it changed after 9/11. Before 9/11 the public was less interested, according to every survey, in Islam or international news. After 9/11, they asked, 'How come you didn't tell us more about Islam and what was going on?' What the public wants is more about Brad and Angelina. - Ken Auletta

We are grateful to Judy for her significant personal sacrifice to defend an important journalistic principle. I respect her decision to retire from The Times and wish her well. - Arthur Sulzberger Jr

Tom presided over a dramatic expansion of CNN's newsgathering operations and led the network into the age of digital interactivity... Throughout his tenure, he's upheld and enhanced the traditions of journalistic integrity and independence that distinguish CNN as the world's foremost news brand. - Gerald Levin

To most people he's a novelist, and they don't hold him to the same journalistic standard as they would others. This is not as if Bob Woodward got caught manufacturing quotes from the president. - Sara Nelson