“There are flaws in the way politics is reported in this country today and we should do something about it, .. Radio and television coverage of politics doesn't see its role as a mission to explain, but to destroy, in a pernicious culture in which journalists pit themselves against politicians.” WayShouldCountryTodayCultureRolesTelevisionPoliticianRadioMissionsJournalistFlawsPitsCoveragePernicious Author:Tim Allen
“Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?” WellsTurnsNextTelevisionPoliticianGreenFootballerPresenter Book:It Doesn't Have to be Like this: Green Politics Explained Source: It Doesn't Have to be Like this: Green Politics Explained
“It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.” RealHappensTelevisionPoliticianRadioProbingTelevision And Radio Author:John Humphrys
“Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.” UsedResultsFiguresTelevisionPoliticianComputerResearchScientistScreensRhetoricTransmitPunditsPublic FiguresComputer Screen Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“You can't have Rosie on The View and Elton John packing Mom and Pop in at Caesars Palace and gay people all over television, and then have these politicians run out there with a straight face and say that gay and lesbian relationships are a threat to the family. We are winning in the culture - which is why we'll ultimately win the political war.” PeopleWarRunningFacesPoliticalCultureWinningViewsTelevisionMomPoliticianGayThreatPopsPalacesGay PeoplePackingRosieStraight Face Author:Dan Savage
“[Political] conventions lend themselves to pandering, as few politicians can resist the temptation to tell a national television audience how well they will run the country if elected. The problem is that government is not supposed to run the country - we're supposed to be free.” IfsWellsCountryProblemGovernmentRunningPoliticalAudienceTelevisionPoliticianTemptationSupposed To BeConventions Author:Ron Paul
“The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?” JobsPresidentPiecesTelevisionPoliticianWasteStandardsEthicalRevealingSlimeEthical Standards Author:Dave Barry