David Simon Quotes About Journalism

Quotes about: Journalism

• I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue.

  David Simon

  Lying, Choices, Would Be

• The mismanagement of American newspapering is quite remarkable. But all of the fellows responsible are now on a golf course in Hilton Head or some such (place), having secured their bonuses and golden-parachute buyouts.

  David Simon

  Golf, Bonus, Golden

  Interview with David Doody, www.utne.com. September 2011.

• The best I can hope for is that I might provoke a water cooler argument between you and somebody else. But it is not journalism. It doesn't have the rigor of journalism. It doesn't have the proof positive that facts provide. So it can be readily dismissed as mere propaganda. But I can certainly reach more people.

  David Simon

  People, Water, Might

  Source: progressive.org

• The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke.

  David Simon

  Games, Feet, Leader

  "The escalating breakdown of urban society across the US" by David Simon, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.

• One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.

  David Simon

  People, World, Littles

• More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to television than to prose. That's equally sad, if not more so.

  David Simon

  People, Attention, Fiction

  Source: progressive.org

• A TV show can't hold people and institutions to account like good journalism can.

  David Simon

  Tv Shows, People, Tvs

  Source: progressive.org

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