Jose Padilha Quotes

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

All the media are horrible.

I am not here to accuse the media of anything.

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 apologize for what the media has done.

Being beyond politics, I am able to examine the role of the media without worrying about the indignant harrumphing that emanates from many journalists and commentators when you do so.

Whoever said I hated the media?

I'm not worried by politics: I'm worried about the media.

We in the media accept the responsibility of what we do.

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

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

Well, thank God for a media that will ask questions.

My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that.

The media doesn't need a conscience; people need consciences.

There is a power in our land, irresponsible, corrupt and malicious—‘the press,’ which has created the intense feelings of hostility that has arrayed the two parts of the country against each other, which must be curbed and brought within the just limits of reason and law, before we can have peace in America. We can deal with armies who have a visible and tangible existence, but it will require tact and skill and courage to clip the wings of this public enemy.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

We call media out that hasn't played and have crazy opinions.

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

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.

I don't watch the media that much.

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.

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