Best quotes by Walter Cronkite on Journalism
Checkout quotes by Walter Cronkite on Journalism
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‟ We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.
- Walter Cronkite
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‟ Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.
- Walter Cronkite
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‟ Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
- Walter Cronkite
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‟ A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
- Walter Cronkite
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‟ In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
- Walter Cronkite