Quotes About Media

It's always strange to play a sex object; it's never a natural kind of feeling.

One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like, 'Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.'

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

When you are being anti-lie or pro-truth, you come across as being anti-Trump or pro-Democrat, and it's a very tough thing for those of us who are just working journalists and still believe in the notion of objectivity.

Politics can cloud objectivity.

People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.

If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.

When a high-profile celebrity sits down with you for an interview, there's no obligation for them to give you anything.

I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'

Let children come across good as well as bad things. MTV is unnecessarily criticised for dishing out obscenity.

'Penthouse' didn't seem to concentrate as much on the girls' faces, and I really wanted to see the girls' faces. It seems like through the 1980's, they almost went out of their way to obscure the girls' faces.

I'm showbiz-fat. It's so funny, in all the reviews that I read, no one wants to use the word 'fat' as an adjective. So I have to deal with 'dimpled-kneed,' 'hefty,' 'plus-sized,' the most obscure words you can imagine.

Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that is at least interesting or cool or crazy enough to be noticed. It might not always feel good, but it's usually better than the alternative of obscurity.

I own 'The New York Observer.'

When I first started out, I really felt like, 'I'm a journalist; I will be respected as a neutral observer.' And I don't feel like that holds true anymore. I don't think people respect journalists the same way they once did.

I don't really want to be in the business of observing conversations.

We obsess about celebrities. We create them, build myths around them, and then hunt them and destroy them. I don't know where it's taking us or what it means, but I know we do it. I have seen a lot of it myself.

In this country we're just obsessed with making people celebrities before they've even done anything, which I think is just shocking.

We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.

People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls.

I firmly believe that a big part of the obsession with women's thinness comes from the same place as male power fantasies.

Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.