As a member of Congress, I strongly believe I have a responsibility to be truthful, even if that means delivering difficult news.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.
A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
The truthiness is, anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news 'at' you.
We have a responsibility to show the public the kinds of truths that they don't see on the TV news or the Hollywood film.
When words I uttered, believing them to be true, were exposed as false, I was constrained by my duties and loyalty to the President and unable to comment. But I promised reporters and the public that I would someday tell the whole story of what I knew.
The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.
I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.