#porter

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. ↗

— Willa Cather

#artist #best #character #creative #deepest

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death. ↗

— Anderson Cooper

#become #begin #being #careful #death

If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#covering #descended #equal #number #party

If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring. ↗

— David Halberstam

#boring #cardinal #easiest #easiest thing #get

More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation. ↗

— Holly Hunter

#been #cameras #come #find #i

Mr. Luskin also says that Rove did not knowingly disclose classified information and did not tell any reporters that Valerie Plame worked for the C.I.A. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#any #classified #classified information #did #disclose

The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases. ↗

— Lance Ito

#biases #camera #consideration #courtroom #effect

I'm a huge supporter of the military. I think they do an incredible job. So when I get invited to go out and sing for them, some of the best moments of my life. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#get #go #huge #i #i think

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#continue #people #pretend #reporters #some

Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence. ↗

— Dorothy Kilgallen

#kept #reporter #said #should #things