Thomas Paine Quotes

The Pulpit, the Press, and the Novel—these undisputedly are the great molders of public opinion and public morals to-day.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

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 ...

The media is so powerful.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

Well I think the media has a very powerful influence on almost anything and everything we do because the general public gets their perception of what is going on in things they don't have immediate access to from what they get through the media.

The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen, and the far spread magazine, rules the country.

As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world.

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

You see, the power of television cannot be underestimated.

The media is either our salvation or our death.

The power of the media is really the only new issue in the last 50 years, probably.

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

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think.

Television has shortened our political discourse.

The press has, at present, a great influence over public questions; and by far the greater and more influential part of it is engaged on the side of the capitalist.

Media creates awareness [and] ensures transparency and accountability.

The primary purpose of the media is to mobilize support for the controlling interests.

The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.

It's hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.