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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.

You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.

Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.

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.

The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.

Journalists can get very pompous, especially in the formalized days of 'Meet the Press,' when they took themselves so damned seriously.

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts.

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

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.