Rachel Parris Quotes

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.

That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse.

Everyone is an expert on T.V., just as he is on education; everyone has some education and a T.V. set.

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who don't like Robbie Williams but he is presented to the public in such a way that they have no choice.

Whatever people see - TV in my mind forms people's opinions.

People only know what they see on TV.

We talk about the influence of the media on public opinion. But reality has some influence on public opinion too.

Newspapers form public opinion, but public opinion also influences newspapers. The general masses are not like horses that can be tamed and trained to do their masters bidding.

Politics is television and whoever masters it is likely to win.

Without television, Richard Nixon would not have a chance. He would not have a prayer of being elected because the press would not let him get through to the people.

The Pulpit, the Press, and the Novel—these undisputedly are the great molders of public opinion and public morals to-day.

We are going to have to endure an imperial media with a government by public opinion poll.

I'm not talking about what you hear from 5 per cent of the population on the radio, in the papers. I don't pay attention to it. I travel around the country. I'm happy I have a good relationship with the people.

Political culture has become popular culture.

'Step Brothers' is probably the film the most people who approach me want to talk about.

What manner of thing this 'public opinion' is, should be best known to those who have its name forever in their mouths and erect the regard for it into a positive article of religion. Its self-styled organ in our times is the 'Press.'

I do think 'Gogglebox' is extraordinarily insightful, and I think if politicians want to understand how we are viewed at home, it's quite recommended viewing.

The general public has been conditioned to think 'comics = superheroes' for as long as caped crusaders have been around - by critics, mass media, and Marvel and DC themselves, who have what you might call a vested interest.

Television is a huge medium and the best way to popularize yourself.

There is a feedback loop between Trump and TV that is both good and bad.

TV is the most powerful medium, which has taken me right into the homes of so many people.

Whatever is shown in a TV show is a reflection of society.

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

People see whatever the media first reports.