Ted Turner Quotes

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

TV serves us most usefully when presenting junk-entertainment; it serves us most ill when it co-opts serious modes of discourse - news, politics, science, education, commerce, religion.

I don't watch the media that much.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.

I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

We need to take on Hollywood. They are poisoning the minds of our kids.

Sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you—and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

I think there's enough TV that makes people feel dumb out there.

I agree when people say TV is regressive. I would go back to TV only for the money.

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.

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

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

I think the problem with visual media like TV is that they're reductive.

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.

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

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

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.

I think the media is a real demon.

All the media are horrible.

The impact of T.V. on our lives in general gets most things out of proportion.