“Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.” Can DoTelevisionNotesComplainingWeatherObserversResemblanceSavvy Author:Michael Medved
“Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.” FeelsVoicePowerfulTelevisionTvsRadioDespiteCablesExcludedDisregardedTalk RadioCable Tv Author:Michael Medved
“If we wait for the entertainment industry to change its fundamental values, we may be waiting a long time. But we don't have to wait another day to scale back our own private consumption of television.” IfsMayLongValuesWaitingTelevisionIndustryLong TimeFundamentalsEntertainmentScalesConsumptionAnother DayEntertainment Industry Author:Michael Medved
“Frightening media messages...pervade the news business, which really ought to be called "the bad news business" for its preoccupation with disaster and destruction. In broadcast journalism, killing is almost always covered, while kindness is almost always ignored. The more alarming a news item is, the more attention it receives.” AttentionKindnessMediaTelevisionOughtMessagesNewsDestructionKillingDisasterJournalismCoveredFrighteningIgnoredItemsBad NewsPreoccupationBroadcast Journalism Author:Michael Medved
“Unfortunately our children today seem to spend less and less time with their overworked parents, and so they draw more information about the world from the images on movie and TV screens. The true power of the media is the ability to redefine reality, to alter our expectations about what constitutes normal life. TV and the movies have abused that power by advancing the notion that wholesome, ordinary happiness is impossible.” WorldChildrenRealitySeemsTodayParentAbilityImpossibleMediaInformationTelevisionTvsNormalDrawsOrdinaryExpectationsOur ChildrenNotionScreensAdvancingNormal LifeTrue Power Author:Michael Medved
