Harold Evans Quotes

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

I think America has a brilliant future.

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

I think a lot of newspapers have lost touch with that sense of community, which so impressed me as a teenager when I had to knock on people's doors.

Internet news cycles are by the minute, and any fool can take a headline from the Associated Press and send it out as news.

Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them.

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.