jbNet: Quotes and Commentaries

Interesting quotes or quick commentaries on the world in general, life as we know it, media, politics or bits of profound insight. Maybe.

Tuesday, February 20, 2001

We are becoming bloodhounds following a false scent rather than following the truth wherever it leads.

— New York Times sports columnist William Rhoden talking to Northwestern University students about some of the troubles of trust and the modern journalist.

Posted: 12:55 PM permanent place

Monday, February 19, 2001

Being instructed on fairness and accuracy by a member of Congress is a bit like being tutored in hygiene by a buzzard. Telling the truth, which is the cardinal rule of journalism, is something that politicians tend to do only when it's convenient.

— Steve Chapman, commenting in the Chicago Tribune on the Congressional hearings into the networks' "performance" on election night.

Posted: 10:36 PM permanent place

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