“Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.” HandsLiteraturePolicyTvsPoliticianNewspapersLocalsStations Author:Bob Woodward
“Why are we seeing George Bush on TV every two hours for nine or ten days at a time, like some kind of mutated Mr. Rogers clone? Something is dangerously wrong in any country where a monumentally-failed backwoods politician can scare our national TV networks so totally that they will give him anything he wants.” WantGivingKindTwoCountryHoursSeeingTvsPoliticianTenNineScareRogerBackwoods Book:Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told - which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don't know if I'm smart enough.” IfsKnowsDoneEnoughHelpingStoriesShowsLosesAttentionFocusPolicyTvsPoliticianSmartDeserveCompromiseWeedTv ShowsAutonomyThings Done Author:Tony Goldwyn
“On the Night of the Halloween, I have never seen any evil apparition or fearsome ghost, but politicians on TV! They are the real goblins and specters!” RealNightEvilTvsPoliticianGhostHalloweenApparitionsGoblin Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.” PeopleYearsThreeLevelsTvsPoliticianCostYears AgoThirdsDrivingCandidatesBuyingAdsThree TimesCampaigningWatching Tv Author:Dick Morris
“I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and English literature. But I know I must have been affected by not seeing women represented.” KnowsHas BeensArtLiteratureSeeingTvsPoliticianFemaleAffectedGeographyTextbooksEnglish LiteratureWomen In HistoryHistory Textbooks Author:Emma Watson
“There are no winners in this election [2016]. I paid attention to it for about two months and then it just started to depress me. At least Hillary's [Clinton] a politician, but the fact that you've got a guy from a reality TV show! I have to say, out of everything I've ever watched in sports - the greatest comebacks ever - watching [Donald Trump] get the nomination for the Republican Party is the most astounding thing I've ever seen.” TwoFactsShowsRealityGuySportsPartyAttentionTvsMonthsTrumpPoliticianRepublicanPaidElectionClintonWinnerDepressingTv ShowsRepublican PartyComebackTwo MonthsNominationsReality TvNo Winners Author:Bill Burr