Molly Ivins Quotes

Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate.

I felt that K wasn't getting a fair shake anyway.

Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.

I’ve never found the truth to be fair and balanced.

One of the reasons I don't trust the media is you can't have a double standard for guys you like and dislike.

There are so many double standards, not just in rap, but everywhere.

The only group that is less self-aware than Hillary Clinton is the media.

There is no fairness out there. There is no balance in the media.

You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.

Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color.

If you're perpetuating discrimination, you're perpetuating inequality.

The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle, and discrimination simply because of sex is enraging.

Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a little frustrating.

Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clan's bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.

There's some irony in playing a journalist after some of the stuff that has been written about me, but it's a great profession, particularly investigative journalism.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.

I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again.

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

Corn can't expect justice from a court composed of chickens.