Michele Bachmann Quotes

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.

It’s always difficult for a President to explain his policies through the filter of the media and the crises of the day.

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

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.

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.

I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.

At the end of the day, even if you are cooler than Obama, the media will never let you be cooler.

I've never really figured out why the media covers the media, you know?

The media has had its fun with me.

The Petersons have not come forward in the press. Apparently they feel the media bears a large responsibility for Scott's conviction. It may be a while before we hear anything from them.

Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

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

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

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.

I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media.

Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned.

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

The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers.

I cover media people the way they cover politicians.

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.

Since the time of Richard Nixon, there has been a strange lack of will in the media to identify the real cause for Americans' anger at politicians who fall, publicly and spectacularly.

The media is going to treat you good one day and bad the next day.

The media are not progressive enough to let us govern. 24/7 news is the worst thing that has happened to the ability to govern.

I apologize for what the media has done.

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