Margarita Simonyan Quotes

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 ...

Newspapers are what matter in this country, not magazines.

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

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

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.

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.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print.

How united would the United States be without its newspapers?

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

It’s a lot easier and cheaper to have thumbsuckers and pundits on television than it is to have reporters and news bureaus around the world.

The force of the newspaper is the greatest force in civilization.... [Newspapers] declare wars ... make and unmake statesmen.

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

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly important subjects so we're an informed citizenry.

The most important newspapers in this country need to exist. Our democracy needs them. Life as we know it would be unthinkable without them.

I am interested in the press and what they do.

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

In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they say: 'you should ban it'. No, no, no, no, you don't ban it... you don't buy it.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

I only know what I read in the papers.

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.

Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.