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.
Quotes about watchdogs (11 Quotes)
The big drug companies are under duress on almost every front. There are challenges everywhere from generics, from the FDA, from managed care and from self-appointed public watchdogs criticizing the industry, and with attacks on direct-to-consumer advertising,
Government watchdogs claim that the money has created an unseemly rush to stick taxpayers with unnecessary expenses. There have been a number of contracts, including the one for the cruise ships, that seem hard to defend, ... It comes from not planning in advance, then doing these contracts without competitive bidding.
The Sheep Herd I am a shepherd I have hated The smell of damp sheep in the rain, The pain Of clouted shoes on weary feet, The silly barking of watchdogs in the night, The blinding light Of summer suns on hillsides without shade. Nor anything I did not wis.
Many of the scandals sweeping over Capitol Hill are the product of loose ethics enforcement in Congress. No one is watching because the ethics committees too often act like lap dogs rather than watchdogs.
People who care at all about what government is doing rely on watchdogs to get that information out.
Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.
The public and the media have to be eternally vigilant to make sure that the good open meetings and government laws continue in Utah, which means continuing to watch the Legislature. We have taken big steps this session, but the watchdogs need to stay there. We can't leave our post.
Cutler, on the other hand, has steered clear of regulating fees on the grounds that fees should be set by market forces, not government watchdogs. On that point, he was relatively quiet Tuesday. We're not a merit-based regulator. We don't want to set fees, ... someone else might.
The public isn't clamoring for any more lapdogs in Congress -- they want more watchdogs, especially after Katrina and the challenges we face in Iraq and the issues of fiscal responsibility with the budget.
And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.