Glenn Reynolds Quotes

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

Many newspapers have become players as well as spectators in the political debate.

Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.

The Big-Media collective, however, is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before they’ll recognize it, much less report it.

The news media in general are liberals.

The media doesn't educate anyone.

The left controls academia, the culture, and the news media.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

The front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times are very important in shaping what other people think. They're like writing a memo to the White House.

The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline.

I respect the press. The press and the media are a very useful watchdog to check the power of the government.

The [TV evening] news usually defines the candidate for the public.

The news media more and more considered the politicians to be props in their entertainment shows.

It’s always a danger when an institution like the press becomes disconnected from the people.

1952 was the last year that television covered a political event as if television weren't there.

The Washington press corps is all too often the Praetorian Guard of the left.

Television has shortened our political discourse.

Then there is the newspaper press, that huge engine for making the political test final.

Television has become the primary precinct of politics.

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

Media creates awareness [and] ensures transparency and accountability.

Arab media is market driven like the American media. It does not so much shape public opinion as much as it reflects it.

The Press has not only a great influence over our manners and morals, but contributes largely to our pleasures.

Whatever may be said about the power of the press, it is undeniable that it can set the entire public thinking and talking about any topic ...

I think most people aren't really privy to how stories are developed and what stories are - make it to the front page or to the mainstream media, whether it's in print or in broadcast. And I think they'd be shocked and disappointed to see some of the bias that exists in some of the stories that don't get told - or the manner in which they are told.