“The corporate media is there to push the agenda of the sponsors, and many of those sponsors are weapons manufacturers. So it stands to reason that you won't get a diversity of opinions on television.” ReasonOpinionMediaTelevisionDiversityWeaponsCorporateAgendasSponsors Author:Michael Franti
“Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could it not make you cleverer? The only people who ever thought television rotted the brain and made kids dumb were those with a vested interest in other ways of learning, or those who were intellectually insecure, usually about books.” PeopleWayMadeBookFactsKidsLyingInterestBrainMoralOpinionInformationTelevisionConstantComplexesDumbStreamsPlotSophisticatedInsecureDilemmaVested InterestsMoral DilemmaInterest In Others Author:A. A. Gill
“I am sort of proud that I think radio has become a dominant influence in shaping public opinion. Good radio paints the picture for the audience. The audience has to be actively involved. Sometimes, in television, you can get lulled into sleep watching the picture, not listening to what you're hearing.” ThinkingSometimesSleepOpinionAudienceInfluenceTelevisionListeningProudInvolvedPaintRadioHearingDominantPublic Opinion Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't get the impression that most sources of media - like television and movies - are trying to get out a positive message, necessarily. My impression is they're trying to get a message out that promotes their personal opinion, position or belief and they're trying to do something that makes money. They want to turn a buck.” WantTryingTurnsBeliefOpinionMediaPositionTelevisionSourceMessagesImpressionMaking MoneyBucksPersonal OpinionsPositive Messages Author:Max Lucado
“I am of the opinion that there is more high-quality television being produced than at any time in the history of television.” QualityOpinionTelevisionHigh Quality Author:Michael Schur
“I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantWould BeSchoolLeftHoursHalfSituationOpinionEconomicEventsTelevisionTaughtOughtNewsPressureRidiculousMediumsEveningJournalPublic SchoolHalf Hours Author:Walter Cronkite
“Because I would never work for a niche publication or a niche program on television and because I am a journalist and not an opinion person, my job is to try to see how many different points of view I can represent or how. It's not even a question of who you don't offend because you are always going to offend somebody. The question is how can you get people to listen to the information you have to present.” PeopleTryingPersonsI CanDifferentJobsViewsOpinionInformationTelevisionProgramPoint Of ViewJournalistNichePublicationDifferent Points Of View Author:Gwen Ifill
“If you don't like me, you don't like me. You can call me anytime; I'll have an opinion on just about anything. I will also tell you if I shouldn't have an opinion on something - I just make television shows.” IfsShowsOpinionTelevisionLike MeCall MeTelevision ShowsDon't Like MeYou Don't Like MeIf You Don't Like Me Author:Edward Allen Bernero