I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. – David Rakoff
I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I’m not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn’t. – Diane Sawyer
Covering Richard Nixon’s triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, ’60 Minutes’ made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine. – Mike Wallace
I follow a lot of news outlets on Twitter, so I’ll just go skim through the headlines and see what’s going on. – Michael Che
I never worried about getting stale because the news and the people induce freshness every working hour. – George Vecsey
I don’t watch the news because I wouldn’t leave the house. I would not leave the house. – Elizabeth Rodriguez
It’s no secret that the media has fragmented in recent years, that audiences have been cut into slivers, and that more and more people get their news from ever narrower outlets. – Nancy Gibbs
I read a lot of news online, but I like buying a paper because I’ll read an article I wouldn’t normally read. And more often than not, the articles that you don’t expect to care about are the ones that grab you. – Eddie Kaye Thomas
Personalized news aggregators are geared around connecting you to news sources; we’re about connecting you to your friends. To people you’re inspired by. To people that you’re following on Facebook and Twitter. – Mike McCue
When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in. – Nigel Farage
The chief characteristic of ‘The Tribune’ under Greeley was an aggressive and even ostentatious purity. ‘Immoral and degrading police reports,’ and any notices of the existence of the theater, whether in news or advertising, were at first scrupulously excluded. – Elmer Davis
I pay attention to the news. I take the ‘New York Times.’ I do the Saturday crossword. – Dick Van Dyke
A lot of the images I use are already out there in the public or in the news. I just steal them or photograph them or repaint them, so they’ve already been talked about, already been consumed. – Nate Lowman
One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward. – Mike Rounds
The truth is I don’t watch a lot of news, except for when I’m here at the office watching Fox News. I get my news online primarily when I’m not watching the channel. – Megyn Kelly
Speculation replaces fact. It’s very easy to see news outlets running with information that is unconfirmed or erroneous. – Doug Ducey
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring. – Drew Curtis
It’s hardly news that the Obama administration is intensely and, in many respects, unprecedentedly hostile toward the news-gathering process. – Glenn Greenwald
Anything that reduces fuel consumption and cuts down on greenhouse gasses is good news. – Norman Foster
Look at the way I look. Guys like me aren’t on TV too often. Not on news channels. – George Stroumboulopoulos