Robert Lichter Quotations

Some journalists just got mad and let their anger be expressed. It turns out, that's appropriate. The great advantage of American journalism is that it has the power to move the public.

We thought that nothing could top the O.J. Simpson story and this proved us wrong.

We're in a bad-news cycle now where bad news builds on itself. Bush's press has gone from bad to worse, from critical to adversarial. The media opposition has gone from passive to active.

Assume that all estimates are self-interested and all estimates are too low, ... The government is like a contractor ù whatever it says, triple.

The thing that really matters that weve seen in the past is when the presidents allies desert him, ... When reporters go to natural supporters and they provide the criticism, youre a goner.... Right now it is the shock value. This is actually news.

Attracting highly regarded Jewish journalists suggests that they've been very careful in selling their message. It means they're very sincere, or they sound very sincere.

This is about reporters who fell in love with their story and couldn't view it objectively. That is the job of editors and senior staff, to dampen journalistic enthusiasm that can't be supported by the facts.