Roger Ailes Quotes

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

I write books to open people's minds, to present new perspectives, to make people realize that what they think is obvious is not so obvious, that you can look at a trivial situation from a different angle and suddenly reveal other meanings and levels.

I think it's important to view the issues on the broadest possible reference plane. In fact, if you firmly believe in any issue, I urge you to read the opposite of it. Most of the time, it'll merely reinforce your original beliefs, but on the rare occasion, it might change your mind.

I like being forced to think about things in a different way.

I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.

If you want to explore things you haven't explored, having people who look just like you and think just like you is not the best way.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

Don't hate the media, become the media.

Have an open mind - allow different ideas into your way of thinking.

I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.

It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

The journalistic traits that are valued on TV and radio talk shows are destructive to democracy.

Who wants to hear that he is wrong when he can be told that he is right? …. We are losing the ability to change our mind because of our media.

If we learn from those only, of whose lives and opinions we altogether approve, we shall have to turn from many of the highest and profoundest minds.

We promote pluralism, not dogma. We critique, we do not accept uncritically. We question and we debate, and over time we will separate the wheat from the chaff. We will separate the worthwhile from the misguided in all the new ideas and new voices that we hear. But we cannot do that if we close ourselves from the contrarian view, or simply suppress the views of those who would challenge the accepted and the known.

I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we don't always agree.

Being beyond politics, I am able to examine the role of the media without worrying about the indignant harrumphing that emanates from many journalists and commentators when you do so.

I think that there are some in the media who have an overinflated view of their mission.

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.

When you build your network, keep yourself open to new ideas, concepts, and theories. Some of them may even contradict and challenge long-held points of view. This isn't beneficial only to someone in my profession, but to every line of work.

The media, and how we're taught to read it, has a huge impact on who we become as people.

I believe in being completely open to the most unlikely explanation.

People stop believing what the media tells them when they see media superstars say things like, 'Let the economy fail.'

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what is noble is making sure there are checks and balances and a plurality of opinions.