Finn Jones Quotes

The way we get our news is very important, and the idea that the media doesn't always do right by us, and that they focus on things they shouldn't for ratings, is very important, and it's absolutely worthy of ridicule.

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

The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth.

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

All the media are horrible.

Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.

I apologize for what the media has done.

The press ... is but the servant of human intellect and its ministry is for good or evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill that grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.

Whoever said I hated the media?

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 criticize the media for inventing stories.

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

The media makes a big deal of small issues.

I definitely have a real frustration with the media, especially having dealt with them as an agent.

You think that the CNN hosts can aggressively challenge government officials? I don't think so. It doesn't look that way at all. And of course, when you get to Fox News, they're a whole different animal: they're purely propaganda.

Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy.

We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It's just garbage. It's insulting to the readers.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.

News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.

I am not anti-media at all. But the media, the news anywhere in the world, is based on drama.

This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy.

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

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'