As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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