1. “News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” – Lord Northcliffe
2. “News is what people don’t want you to print. Everything else is ads.” – Former Publisher of The Washington Post, William Randolph Hearst
3. “News is a first rough draft of history.” – Philip L. Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post
4. “News is anything that makes a reader say, ‘Gee Whiz!’” – Arthur MacEwen, Newsman
5. “News is a report of a current event.” – Associated Press
6. “News is anything that’s interesting, that’s worthy of being told, that’s something a reader didn’t know till he or she picked up the paper.” – Arthur MacEwen, Newsman
7. “News is a conversation that’s always going on.” – Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News
8. “News is information people need to make sound decisions in a free society.” – Dan Rather, former CBS Evening News anchor
9. “News is a weapon of war.” – Matthew C. Nisbet, American academic
10. “News is the first rough draft of history.” – Philip L. Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post
11. “News is what’s unexpected. News is what’s relevant. News is what people care about.” – Reza Aslan, Iranian-American author
12. “News is that which comes from the North, East, West, and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news.” – Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister
13. “News is new information.” – Tom Rosenstiel, American journalist
14. “News is what you want to know. Everything else is just advertising.” – Ingrid Newkirk, President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
15. “News is the first rough draft of history.” – Philip L. Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post
16. “News is the noise of history.” – Carl Bernstein, American investigative journalist
17. “News is a fact; truth is subjective.” – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet
18. “News is what people talk about.” – Mickey Kaus, American journalist
19. “News is a report on what’s changed, and those changes can be good or bad, large or small.” – Bob Schieffer, American television journalist
20. “News is what you need to know. Everything else is entertainment.” – David Brinkley, American newscaster
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14. Newkirk, I. (n.d.). In QuotationsPage.com.
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17. Tsvetaeva, M. (n.d.). In QuotationsPage.com.
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