Joan Konner Quotes on Journalism (3 Quotes)

And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional role as watchdogs of power into institutions of power themselves with an ability, indeed, a susceptibility, to abuse that power.

I don't like blurring lines between news and editorial. If Cooper and the others are working out their search for meaning in life on the air, that is not the role of a journalist.

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and the special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.