Eric Alterman Quotes

We call media out that hasn't played and have crazy opinions.

Criticizing Fox News has nothing to do with criticizing the press. Fox News is not a news organization. It is the de facto leader of the GOP, and it is long past time that it is treated as such by the media, elected officials and the public.

A lot of people take shots at news channels.

You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.

Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way.

I apologize for what the media has done.

I am reading it [his press coverage] more and enjoying it less.

Past occurrences have generally shown that there hasn’t been satisfaction from politicians in the manner they were covered [by the press.]

Attacking me and Fox News is nothing new - it's a cottage industry.

There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

Whoever said I hated the media?

Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked.

I think defeating Fox - and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news - is very important. I hope to do that through pointing out their hypocrisy, propaganda, and general foolishness. But I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me.

I know Fox News is the target of criticism but we take it in stride. Our No. 1 goal is to be accurate.

I was really upset when media portrayed Sandalwood in a negative light. How could they? It's an industry I love so much.

I criticize the media for inventing stories.

It's a controversial segment, 'Watters World.' There's controversy around it.

I've always had the media going against me every year.

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

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

I wouldn't agree with some of the things that the press writes about and that's all I have to say about that.

The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn't have. It's very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that's going wrong in society.

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.