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The press is the enemy.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome.

I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering.

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.