Dan Rather Quotes About Journalism

Quotes about: Journalism

• Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.

  Dan Rather

  Life, Inspire, Balance

• Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks truth to power. What's happened with journalists - again, I don't except myself from this criticism - in some ways we've lost our guts. We need a spine transplant. What's happened is comedians, in their own way, speak truth to power and fill that vacuum that we in journalism have too often left, particularly post 9/11.

  Dan Rather

  Comedian, Criticism, Vacuums

• I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I think that's the difference.

  Dan Rather

  Cutting, Thinking, Differences

• If you're in Journalism and you're looking for friends, you should get a dog.

  Dan Rather

  Dog, Journalism, Should

• I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

  Dan Rather

  Thinking, Important, Journalism

  "I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

• There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

  Dan Rather

  Growing Up, Forever, Doubt

  "I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

• This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.

  Dan Rather

  Art, Mistake, Blow

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

• Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

  Dan Rather

  Art, Journalism, Crude

• Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

  Dan Rather

  Doe, Lasts, Journalism

  Twitter post from Jul 25, 2014

• Journalism is less addictive than communism.

  Dan Rather

  Journalism, Communism

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