Meaning is not found in things; meaning is what you make of things.
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.
No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.
Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.
Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.
Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.
The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.
He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.
Steve Harmison was a big disappointment in South Africa, and I don't know the reason why, but he has to lift his game.
The secret of our lost mode of prayer is to shift our perspective of life by feeling that the miracle has already happened and our prayers have been answered. Now we have the opportunity to bring this wisdom into our lives as prayers of gratitude for what already exists, rather than asking for our prayers to be answered.
How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often.