"Pulitzer Prizes are the preeminent mark of achievement in American journalism. As the prizes for reporting on Vietnam in defiance of official wishes show, they also point to the press's view of its role in society. That view has changed substantially over the more than eighty years of the Pulitzer Prizes' existence. Exposing official corruption on a local level had always been part of what journalists see as their function. But today, more than ever before, they are ready to write critically about the policies of the federal government, even in the once sacrosanct areas of foreign and national security affairs."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Lewis, Anthony (2002) in "History: Pulitzer Prize Reporting of the Twentieth Century", The New York Times. Times Books. pp. ix-x. .
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sacrosanct
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Sacrosanct
Sacrosanct means beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction, and inviolable. The term is derived from the phrase sacer esto ("let him be accursed") and reflects that violation of a tribune's sacrosanctity was not only a secular offense, but a religious offense as well.
30 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Sacrosanct →
Related Quotes
"Jonah - Chapter 10, Verses 68-69, Holy Koran They say, Allah has got a son! Whereas He is the Most Sacrosanct And the…"
"I fins it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative …"
"The second law of thermodynamics is, without a doubt, one of the most perfect laws in physics. Any reproducible viola…"
"Democracy is a spiritual testament and not an economic structure of a political machine; it was a testament with basi…"
"I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from th…"
"It is the sacrosanct duty of the government to follow the law and the pronouncements of the court and not to take rec…"
"Science is not sacrosanct. The mere fact that it exists, is admired, has results is not sufficient for making it a me…"
"I wish to express no contempt for individual devout and pious member of that Catholic church. They are welcome to the…"
"The time has gone by when a Huxley could believe that while science might indeed remould traditional mythology, tradi…"
"Your integrity is sacrosanct. It is who you are. Never let anyone step on your integrity - that's absolutely where yo…"