48 Movie Quotes about Fake News (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Memorable quotes about fake news, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Our job is to report the news, not fabricate it. That's the government's job.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

2 Yes, I created a lie, but because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Hugo Weaving as V in V for Vendetta

3 Don't be writing this stuff in the newspaper. It will ruin your already useless reputation.

Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne - Batman in Batman (1989)

4 Now, do I get the truth? Do I get the truth, or do you get juiced?

Sean Astin as Michael "Mikey" Walsh in The Goonies

5 So you listen to me. Listen to me! Television is not the truth. Television's a goddamned amusement park.

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976)

6 We'll tell you any _ you want to hear. We deal in illusions, man. None of it is true. But you people sit there, day after day, night after night all ages, colors, creeds.

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976)

7 And if they told you wolverines would make good house pets, would you believe them?

John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

8 Who you kidding, pal? They saw the whole thing, they know what happened.

David Spade as Emperor Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove

9 Are you telling pork pies and a bag of tripe?

Mike Myers as Austin Powers in Austin Powers in Goldmember

10 She blinks a lot when she does a story she knows is false.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta