Journalists ought not to be serving a cause, no matter how good.

Quote of the Week 25

"Journalists ought not to be serving a cause, no matter how good."



Hanns Joachim Friedrichs made a variation of the quote popular in Germany: 

„Einen guten Journalisten erkennt man daran, dass er Distanz zum Gegenstand seiner Betrachtung hält; dass er sich nicht gemeinmacht mit einer Sache, auch nicht mit einer guten Sache; dass er immer dabei ist, aber nie dazugehört.“

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