Oscar Nunez Quotes

The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.

So many people are are using the Internet now to watch movies and TV shows online.

Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.

I like YouTube; it's really entertaining. A lot of it is crappy stuff, but there are a couple diamonds in the rough there.

The Internet has compromised the quality of debate.

Think about back in the day when we had Archie Bunker, 'The Jeffersons.' We had stuff to sit down and share and laugh at. The Internet has made it so we don't have to sit together anymore. It's so self-absorbed. No one has to talk to each other anymore, and people don't realize that that is killing us.

Any time you read the snide comments or people who have a hard time separating fictional television from reality, that's sort of just water under the bridge. It's easy to let that pass by if everyone in person is nice and warm.

I think people are really desperate for conversations. I'm really fascinated by the idea that at the same time, the internet is sort of expunging our attention spans.

In the age of the internet, with all of its problems, over time, the very fact that individuals can join the conversation creates the opportunity for the emergence of - for the re-emergence of a genuine conversation of democracy.

You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.

Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans [in social media] than it is to communicate complex policies.

I found out about Logan Paul in the traditional news.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves.

Well it's very flattering to be on Twitter and have so many followers - but yes, it can be very unforgiving too. It is an invasion of privacy, but the choice is entirely mine.

I think aggressive, sometimes outspoken reporting from the White House briefing room is expected by the American people.

I really enjoy working as a pundit.

You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.

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.

I think what's different about this time is that at least pre-Internet there were more similarities between one generation and the next. And now, I think that gap has grown in a very significant way.

I have seen many a tear-strewn individual during my time working on daytime TV's morning sofas: individuals encouraged to share their views, ill prepared for the backlash that social media will deliver direct to you, unregulated and unrelenting.

The Internet didn't cause Donald Trump, and it certainly can't solve Donald Trump.

I think the American people are bombarded with information from all directions, all day long.

I think there is room for improvement for all of the media, and that certainly, and especially, includes me.