Laura Dekker Quotes

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

I am not here to accuse the media of anything.

Whoever said I hated the media?

The press are scum.

My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.

I apologize for what the media has done.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible.

I'm not worried by politics: I'm worried about the media.

We in the media accept the responsibility of what we do.

I definitely have a real frustration with the media, especially having dealt with them as an agent.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

I don't watch the media that much.

Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

I've never been shocked by anything on television, except the news.

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media.

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, 'the press.'

I don't love the media. I'm part of it, but you can't love a porcupine.

The media doesn't need a conscience; people need consciences.

The media are not progressive enough to let us govern. 24/7 news is the worst thing that has happened to the ability to govern.

The chief danger which threatens the influence and honor of the press is the tendency of its liberty to degenerate into license.

I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.