Mike Farrell Quotes

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

Media creates awareness [and] ensures transparency and accountability.

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.

The fact that television is raising our moral conscience is a good thing.

It's hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion.

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

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.

You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.

I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

Games have a huge impact on our society because the media plays a role in helping to shape our attitudes. So it's not just fantasy.

Well I think the media has a very powerful influence on almost anything and everything we do because the general public gets their perception of what is going on in things they don't have immediate access to from what they get through the media.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

I think it's a very dangerous game to play when you assume that just because someone's an entertainer, they're automatically a role model. Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself. They're just doing their own version of entertaining.

Let’s get real. It does make a difference what children see on television.

Television is the medium through which society communicates its democratic values.

Television changes you. Therefore it is important what you watch and when you watch.

We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.

I am not looking at my TV show to change the world.

Sometimes you wonder if television is really affecting the culture.

It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about the media's role in society.

The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives...

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.