Quotes About Media

So, I said I thought the magazine was trying to make him a hero, but then later somebody might dig up something to make him seem like less than a person. And I didn't know why because to me he is just a guy who writes songs that a lot of people like, and I thought that was enough for everyone involved.

So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never actually entrust my heart to scientists—they'd probably implant it in a baboon. And a baboon with my heart would be practically unstoppable. Baboon strength and agility combined with my determination and media savvy? It would be a threat to all of humanity.

I report, I decide.

That's why our TVs are brimming with so much hot man-on-pan action. You can't channel surf for long without seeing turkey getting stuffed over and over until they finally cut to the gravy shot.

Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the President's side, and the Vice President's side.

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

Films are ephemeral, while books—the good ones—are eternal, or close to it.

In a terrified world, false news was king.

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

The idea that America exists in a culture of violence is bullshit. What America exists in is a culture of Kardashian.

The world is falling down around our ears, and all these people care for is talking about fucking to women in short skirts and men with their shirts hanging open

The assertion that Americans love violence and bathe in it daily is a self-serving lie promulgated by fundamentalist religious types and America's propaganda-savvy gun-pimps. It's believed by people who don't read novels, play video games, or go to many movies

Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for one year. (Middle-of-the-roaders could stick with CSI)

The world is insane. You only have to watch the news to know it.

Which is what most of our modern communications amount to, when you stop to think of it; chatter for the sake of chatter.

Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace.

Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping

I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

It's time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice using the same media we've used throughout our careers.

In fact, in an overwhelmingly commodified existence, consumption becomes the number one form of entertainment.

I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.

There was only so much news you could digest in one day.