Watchdog Quotes

City Hall in Chicago, the complete county machine in Cook County. Bernie Carey, the Republican state`s attorney up there, is a lonely watchdog.

While I`m critical to the Bush presidency, it`s been enormously beneficial for Salon because we`re seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers.

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that.

He`s my watchdog. People think we`re crazy, but personally, we don`t care, do we Fred?

It`s definitely hard-core, watchdog, muckraking journalism. It raises questions about contemporary journalism practices, but also about how any individual ever knows when to take on the powers that be.