Roseanne Barr Quotes

I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.

Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.

People know the facts of a story just as well as the people on TV do, and they have more platforms to hold the media accountable when they don't get it right. We are a world full of media experts. That's a great thing.

Everybody is entitled to have an opinion. But it is also useful to have some facts.

If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right. If you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.

I just hope that people get a variety of news sources to keep themselves informed.

It's not as if Trump is addicted to the best-researched, most in-depth, meticulously sourced material in the world. If he were, we'd all be better off, right?

Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.

Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts

I apologize for what the media has done.

American newspapers are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

The media are the opposition party.

Do not speculate; get data and calculate.

I reject the idea that journalists are messengers of the truth. It’s arrogant. I think journalism is a search for the little relative truths that at best keep us relatively sane.

It is not the least service which a college or university may render to those under its instruction, to habituate them to looking not only patiently but methodically on both sides, before adopting any conclusion upon controverted issues.

Journalists like to give themselves credit for being on the hunt for 'the truth.' But if we embrace this undoubtedly noble but somewhat haughty interpretation of a calling, we inevitably become susceptible to slam dunk answers.

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly important subjects so we're an informed citizenry.

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.

Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.

I didn't say a bad thing about 'Politico' in my book.

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

There's a great deal of enthusiasm about quality, serious journalism. And some of it relates to personalities because it's people who do the news. But I think it reflects a real desire for facts, real news and reporting.

Obviously, I agree with Trump on many of his criticisms of the mainstream media. You can absolutely argue that their failure to report honestly, to get outraged before we could, and to collude with the Clinton campaign directly led to the rise of Trump.