Michael Moore Quotes

I think punditry serves no purpose.

Critics should be looked at simply as commentators.

I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.

I really enjoy working as a pundit.

It's actually harder than it looks to be a good pundit on the air. You've got to have stuff to say.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist.

I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be.

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

... knew more about world politics than all the cabinet ministers in office.

I'm not a pundit. I don't want to be a pundit.

I think the commentarian has taken over, so now what you get is a lot less reporting and more opinion.

A lot of times, I think broadcast commentators can get bogged down with stats and personal agendas.

There is nothing more amusing than when two people known for being non-objective argue over objectivity. This is the summation of Keith Olbermann vs. Ted Koppell.

I think I speak for all the pundits when I say we are just giving an opinion. I am asked to give an opinion based on my experiences in football and based on what I see out on the pitch.

We're living in an age of the think piece.

Generally speaking, I think one has to take reviews with a grain of salt, unless you know who the person is and what their qualifications are.

I'm no political pundit.

I've always had a good relationship with the BBC, and I'd enjoyed the freedom that goes hand in hand with punditry, so it was ideal for me.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go around pretending to be the expert on everything, I'd become Dan Brown, and I don't understand that. We all do our research if we're good writers, and we all work hard to get it right, but that doesn't mean we're experts in the field. The best we can do is challenge people to learn the facts themselves.

Go to the Sydney Institute Media Watch Dog website to marvel at his [Gerard Henderson's] work.

There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it.