If every reporter, editor, and publisher/news executive took the following quote seriously, our media would improve dramatically.

News is what people want to keep hidden, and everything else is publicity.

This is from an excellent speech by Bill Moyers at the National Conference for Media Reform. I heard part of it during the latest WBAI pledge drive, and it was quite inspiring.

Full Text of Moyers’ 2005 Speech

Moyers’ 2003 Keynote