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Walter Cronkite Quotes: Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.
         

Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.


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The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.



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If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.



Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.



The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.



America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.



There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.



In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.



Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.



We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.



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Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.





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Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world insincerity is the most dangerous.



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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.



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We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage.



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We face now an era where we're going to be fighting the terrorist threat. I mean, that's simply a reality we are going to have to address that one.



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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.



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If we shake hands with icy fingers, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.



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Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.



Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.

Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.




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