The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

Quote by Alexander Cockburn

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The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the...

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense...

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense...

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

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The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of...

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Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become...

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

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Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad...

I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad...

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...

Journalism is organized gossip.

Journalism is organized gossip.

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Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

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No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

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Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to...

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can...

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...