Interesting statements about journalism. Various aphorisms about journalism and journalists

  • 30.07.2019

Without investigative work there is no journalism. - Andre Meister

In the presence of Suvorov, they read a book in which it was said that one Persian Shah, a man of meek disposition, ordered two of his journalists to be hanged because they published two lies in their sheets. “What!” exclaimed Suvorov, “only for two lies? If such a Shah appeared among us, all gentlemen European journalists would disappear! Not a single one of them would be cut off!”

Meeting with a large number journalists are a pleasure. With a small amount it’s a nuisance. With one, it's execution. – Charles de Gaulle

You must understand that, in principle, journalism is an unsafe profession. - Alexey Venediktov

The point is not that journalists are attacked. The fact is that in Russia these crimes remain unpunished. - Alexey Venediktov

For a journalist, reality is a well-paid lie. – Vladimir Shoikher

For democracy, freedom of the press is the greatest good, since journalists, representing the interests of citizens, keep a watchful eye on those in power. - Ines Paul

For a journalist who writes about something, the most important thing is accuracy, the reliability of the information about what he writes. - Samvel Nalbandyan

The sole purpose of a journalist should be to serve the public. - Mahatma Gandhi"My life"

If the serpent had tempted Eve with the language of today's journalists, we would still be living in paradise. - H. Sherring

A magazine in the sense accepted in Europe is an echo of an entire party, periodic pamphlets published by people of famous information and talent, having their own political direction, their influence on the order of things. The class of journalists is a breeding ground for statesmen - they know this and, intending to master the general opinion, they are afraid of humiliating themselves in the eyes of the public with dishonesty, fickleness, selfishness or impudence. Because of the great competition, ignorance or mediocrity cannot seize the monopoly of magazines, and a person without true talent will not stand the test of publication.Alexander Pushkin

Journalism is a dangerous profession in Russia. – Galina Vishina

The journalist craves something fried. This is not a personal feature, but a specificity of the profession. - Ilya Shevelev

A journalist is not beaten for what he wrote, said or filmed. And for the fact that they read, heard or saw it. - Leonid Parfenov

Journalism is the desire, ability, ability and opportunity to call things by their proper names. - Victor Yukechev

Journalism is like the German Autobahn. You shouldn't travel beyond its borders. - Regina von Flemming

Journalism, like any other profession, must be loved with all your heart, and then it will not disappoint you. - Aliya Sudakova

Journalists must be taught the main principles of the profession: do not lie, do not take, do not bend. - Ksenia Sokolova

Journalists in Russia have ceased to be a force that influences the authorities. - Vsevolod Bogdanov

Journalists sometimes write nonsense, sometimes quite painful. This is their job. – Orlando Bloom

Journalists are watch societies. - Andrey Lavrukhin

Did you know that if the only furniture you have is a coffee table, then you are not a journalist, but an alcoholic.

When I write, I am happy: sad thoughts disappear and I am full of strength again! But I’m still not sure whether I’ll be able to write something significant in the future, whether I’ll become a writer or a journalist? I hope so, I really hope so, because it is extremely important for me to express my thoughts, ideals and fantasies. – Anne Frank

When there are no sensations, journalists come up with sensations. - Sergey Kapkov

The journalist's credo is to trust nothing and no one. - Mikhail Osokin

Lying is the natural state of any person, especially a journalist. - Alexander Lyubimov

Journalists are always under pressure, but their job is to resist. This is how it has always been and will always be. – George Clooney

Today they are trying to destroy us [Russian journalists] for our profession. – Vladimir Gusev

Our profession is dangerous, and now it is especially dangerous. And here, in fact, big question This question arises for many journalists: to remain in this profession or to leave this profession? - Alexey Venediktov

I can't remember a single moment in my life when I was kind to a journalist. - Bernie Ecclestone

We should also talk about local journalists. Unlike in Moscow, here [in Omsk] the means mass media Only kind, open, sincere people work here. For example, they immediately told me that they would write nasty things about me and that I should prepare for black PR. In Moscow they would never say that. In Moscow they would smile sweetly and then say something nasty, but here they warn you! – Ilya Varlamov

A writer differs from, for example, a journalist in that he writes not just a book, but a book. - Martha Ketro

Just a few decades ago everything writing journalists our country celebrated May 5 as Press Day,which was timed to coincide with the release of the first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda. Different times have come, another story has begun. Now Printing Day is celebrated on January 13and connected with another historical date- the beginning of publication of the first Russian printed newspaper “Vedomosti”, founded by decree of Peter the Great on January 2, 1703 (January 13, new style). But today we decided to remind our colleagues about the “old” holiday with these aphorisms about the magazine c tah and journalism.

Not having a single thought and being able to express it is how you become a journalist. (Karl Kraus).

Generally speaking, the press is fed by misfortune. (Clement Attlee).

A journalist is a street cleaner who works with a pen. (Napoleon).

A journalist is a person who has the gift of filling the void every day. (Dame Rebecca West).

Comments are free, but facts are sacred. (Scott Charles Transgress).

Comments are cheap, but facts are expensive. (Tom Stoppard).

Journalism is telling people, "Lord John is dead," to people who didn't even know Lord John lived. (Gilbert Chesterton).

News lives as long as rumors grow around it. (Mikhail Mamchich).

Journalists write because they have nothing to say; and they have something to say because they write. (Karl Kraus).

Why is journalism, as a profession, the second oldest, but as a government, only the fourth? (Aureliy Markov).

To rummage through the political trash basket, a journalist is even ready to scrub the floors in the corridors of power. (Valery Krasovsky).

We journalists tell the public where the cat jumped. Then the public takes care of the cat themselves. (Arthur Sulzberger Jr.).

In 1870, they did not want to let some journalist through the outposts. “Oh, right!” he exclaimed. “In that case, we won’t write about the war.” (Jules Renard).

Only a journalist can write captivatingly about something he has absolutely no understanding of. (Sergey Fedin).

Once you start writing what everyone likes, you stop being a journalist. From now on you are working in show business. (Frank Miller Jr.)

A journalist is a writer shell-shocked by the second hand. (Anatoly Yurkin).

Journalism: the art of explaining to others what you yourself do not understand. (Alfred Charles Northcliffe).

Journalism is something that is much more interesting today than tomorrow. (André Gide).

Journalism is the science of turning free news into royalties. (Anatoly Yurkin).

The first rule of journalism: do not argue with the reader’s prejudices, but rely on them. (Alexander Cowburn).

If the serpent had tempted Eve with the language of today's journalists, we would still be living in paradise. (H.A. Sherring).

Who is this journalist? Shark of the pen, or woodpecker of the keyboard? (Mikhail Lashkov).

Not a single publication will miss a single piece of news, which is why the same ones write about the same thing, and this gibberish is called the “information boom.” (Elena Ermolova).

Oh, those obnoxious journalists! Half the lies they spread about me are not true. (Faina Ranevskaya)

Journalism is the art of turning enemies into money. (Craig Brown).

Journalists are somewhat similar to Danaev's daughters, whom the gods sentenced to fill with water bottomless barrel. (Karel Capek).

A journalist is the recipient of a fee for deftly retelling other people's thoughts (Elena Ermolova).

And you are not Brutus! - Said Chief Editor, firing another journalist. (Vitaly Vlasenko).

The media has given humanity unique opportunities.
The most valuable of them is the ability to kill flies with a newspaper on the TV. (Stanislav Kushnarov).

A “biased critic” is a critic who was prudently “hired” to work on the staff of an interested organization. (Alexey Annenskov).

They missed a brilliant opportunity to remain silent (Maxim Yurievich Sokolov).

The journalist talks about the cat; while the PR technologist prepares a bed for unborn kittens from that same not yet pregnant cat. (Anatoly Yurkin).

The press is useful simply because it teaches us not to trust the press. (Samuel Butler).

Politicians care about a bright future, historians care about a bright past, journalists care about a bright present. (Hot Petan).

The number of reader responses to an article is inversely proportional to the importance of the topic raised. (Robert Marcus).

Prose is words in the best possible order; poetry - best words in the best order; and journalism - long-known words in a long-known order.

Ink is 99% water. (Pshekruj).

I really don’t want to believe that lies existed before the invention of printing. (Stanislav Jerzy Lec).

Enlightenment has spread so much that it is now possible to read, write and publish while remaining illiterate. (Hugo Steinhau).

If journalists were blind, deaf and, most importantly, dumb, then their reporting would be much more objective. (Stas Yankovsky).

I'm afraid of journalists. In my opinion, they give the interview to the press even before meeting me. They ask questions themselves and answer them themselves. (Gina Lollobrigida).

Journalism is the art of preparing information.

The telegraph pole is well-edited pine.

The first rule of journalism is “It is impossible to change the essence of an object or phenomenon by changing the name, but the attitude towards it is quite possible.”

Wrote articles on the topic of the day. The day passed, the anger remained. (Yana Dzhangirova).

Whoever buys journalists at retail has a chance to sell sensations wholesale. (Anatoly Yurkin).

Do you want some "fried" facts? Prepare a frying pan with oil, and the facts will not keep you waiting. (A.V. Ivanov).

Journalism is a miniskirt that the whole world pulls over public opinion. (Anatoly Yurkin).

The problem with modern reporters is that, in pursuit of novelty, they are capable of repeating the Second Coming to the point of complete banality. (Valery Shapovalov).

Food for the mind can also be stale. For example, a file of tabloid newspapers yellowed by time. (Yuri Tatarkin)

Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. (Frank Zappa).

Only a sincere sense of responsibility will save journalism from subservience to a class of property that pursues selfish goals and opposes the public good (Joseph Pulitzer).

A journalist is not beaten for what he wrote, said or filmed. And for the fact that they read, heard or saw it. (Leonid Parfenov).

There is a journalistic trick that is often used in literature. If you say that there are elephants flying in the sky, they will not believe you. But if you say that there are four hundred and twenty-five elephants flying in the sky, they will probably believe you. (Gabriel Marquez).

Anyone can be a journalist, even me. (Phil Donahue).

The profession of a journalist is one of the most difficult. Journalist - at the same time statesman, both a politician and a helmsman in the sea of ​​public opinion. I have great respect for them. And he is always ready to contribute to solving their problems. (Islam Karimov).

A journalist is a person who is not allowed to live in peace by the murmur of shame and the constipation of his pen. (Nikolai Shoshanni).

Some journalists are paid so little that they have to write the truth. (Leonid Sukhorukov).

A journalist is a guy who finds out things that people don't know and brings it to the attention of those who don't care. (Walter Winchell).

Based on materialsInternet

: Oh, these obnoxious journalists! Half the lies they spread about me are not true.

Evgeny Petrosyan:
Humor changes with life. Humor - he is partly a journalist, he comments on life, while commenting, he laughs at something, denies something and affirms something.
Julian Assange:
The history of journalism is the history of information leaks.
Julian Assange:
If journalists did not praise each other, setting very low professional standards, they would not be paid attention to at all. As it is, they pretend to have knowledge and explain to the gullible public that they are ignorant.
de Gaulle:
Fortunately, gentlemen of the press, I read your newspapers to know what I think.
Yuri Gagarin :
Yuri Gagarin was asked: “Will journalists fly into space?”
He replied: “I think about this with horror.”
Victor Tsoi:
Talking to journalists is very boring, because the questions are all the same and you’re tired of answering them every time.
Oscar Wilde:
Journalism is organized slander.
Oscar Wilde:
In its justification, journalism can refer to the great Darwinian law of survival of the ordinary.
Mahatma Gandhi :
Newspaper - great power, but just as an unchecked stream fills the banks and destroys crops, so the uncontrolled pen of a journalist serves only to destroy. If control comes from outside, it turns out to be even more destructive than lack of control. Control is only beneficial when it comes from within.
Mel Gibson :
Journalists are the only breed of people who can eat you alive.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
Nothing powerful, nothing great can come from a corrupt pen.
Napoleon I Bonaparte:
A journalist is a street cleaner who works with a pen.
Pierre Buast:
Many thoughts that we found brilliant turned pale in the bright light of printing.
Stas Yankovsky:
If journalists were blind, deaf and, most importantly, dumb, then their reporting would be much more objective.
Andre Gide:
Journalism is all that is much more interesting today than tomorrow.
Vladimir Pozner:
You cannot teach a person to be a journalist, because it is a way of life, it is a certain internal state. A person must understand why, in his own words, he is doing this.