The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.
At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we sell commodities at huge profits that keep our bank accounts growing.
The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.
As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.