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 dec…

- Roger Mudd

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

- Roger Mudd

The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations …

- Roger Mudd

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.

- Roger Mudd

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

- Roger Mudd

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

- Roger Mudd

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 st…

- Roger Mudd

As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up.

- Roger Mudd

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

- Roger Mudd