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Journalism has changed tremendously because of the democratization of information. Anybody can put something up on the Internet. It's harder and harder to find what the truth is.

— Robert Redford

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

— Ben Huh

The fundamentals of what journalism is about don't necessarily change. What will change is the delivery of news.

— Stephen Kinzer

More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another.

— Henry Rollins

Ultimately journalism has changed... partisanship is very much a part of journalism now.

— Leslie Moonves

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

— Helen Thomas

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

— Tom Wolfe

Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's their takes that usually win out when the stories are too complicated or, as happens, not complicated enough.

— Walter Kirn

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

— Thomas Griffith

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power.

— Glenn Greenwald

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.

— Soledad O'Brien