Bob Stoops Quotes

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.

The media makes a big deal of small issues.

Football is so popular, people know they can sell their story in a newspaper form or a rating on TV, so they use football because what they are more about is the business of, you know, selling newspapers or seeing commercial time on TV.

The people with mean things to say, say them. At the end of the day, the mean things and the good things only drive viewership. So what do you want? You want the ratings.

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

Of course the media loves stuff like that so they find this one Rockette. It's like you can have 10,000 people at a rally for [Donald] Trump and 200 people outside, and the 200 people outside make the news.

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.

Whether you're talking about MSNBC or Fox or CNN, it's all about getting enough interest out there, sensationalizing the story in such a way that people are compelled to tune in.

The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.

TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from this sort of trivialness or superficial nature as President Obama.

The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue.

It’s always difficult for a President to explain his policies through the filter of the media and the crises of the day.

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

The truth of television is that what people see, they believe.

The presentation of an issue can no longer be controlled.

Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.

Trump has taken it to a new level. He is now viewing the media as the 'opposition party,' in his own words. Consequently, media coverage of Trump has become that much more significant.

If Democrats don't go on Fox News, it doesn't mean that people stop watching.