Enough Idiotic Quotes . The quote has become the main crutch of American journalism, and a source of continual idiocy in reporting. No statement is too obvious or banal to find its way onto the front page of The Washington Post or The New York Times . Henry Hyde says that impeachment is a grave and solemn constitutional duty. Clinton's pollster says the public wants Congress to move on to other things.
Quotes generally are a form of show and tell.
They do not convey insight or information. I'm getting both sides. We all know how this game works. Build the story around the sources who echo your own view. Trot out the dissenting voice in a way that makes clear you are holding your nose.