Lois Frankel Quotes

The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.

Maybe the press in Spain do not like me because I do not give interviews.

As soon as you make a mistake, you're killed by the press.

The media has had its fun with me.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

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

Whoever said I hated the media?

I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the 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.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

I've been dealing with the press for 45 years. You need a very long spoon to sup with them. While you are always grateful, they are like badly trained dogs. They smile and wag and bite your arm off.

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

I would dare say that most anyone in public life, if they stay in public long enough, is not treated fairly.

Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.