Quotes About Objective Journalism

#1. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

Hunter S. Thompson

#2. The whole sort of debate of classic objective journalism versus a new immersion journalism - that can go on forever ... I made no bones about my position: I don't think you can be objective.

Shane Smith

#3. The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado.

Hunter S. Thompson

#4. Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

Hunter S. Thompson

#5. Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.

Walter Cronkite

#6. If the norm of the society is corrupted, then objective journalism is corrupted too, for it must not challenge the norm. It must accept the norm.

David Halberstam

#7. Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism
which is true, but they miss the point. It was the built-in blind spots of the Objective rules and dogma that allowed Nixon to slither into the White House in the first place.

Hunter S. Thompson

#8. If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list.

Hunter S. Thompson

#9. Recently we received an invitation that proved just that.

Brandon Stanton

#10. We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

Dave Barry

#11. Crazy how you gotta wait until it's dark out to see who really with you.

Drake

#12. When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

Julie Chen

#13. Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism, including the choice of topics we pursue.

Sheri Fink

#14. Typically, only about 2 percent of the American populace tunes in to PBS's 'Nova' series - the most successful science show on the tube. 'Survivor' and 'X Factor' get twice the ratings.

Seth Shostak

#15. There is a long-standing tradition in the mainstream press of middle-of-the-road journalism that is objective and fair. I would hate to see that fall victim to a panic about the Fox effect.

Andrew Heyward

#16. Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.

Rick Riordan

#17. The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.

W. Eugene Smith

#18. A smart philosipher once said reading is like life so enjoy it"

-Maggie

LIFE Magazine

#19. The challenge in fiction is to write a terrific story. The challenge in journalism is to communicate solid, objective information. The challenge in creative non-fiction is to do it both and to do it well.

Lee Gutkind