Barry Levinson Quotes

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Don't believe the fake media.

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.

We live in an age where people can not only choose their own sources, but they can choose their own facts.

Fake news is cheap to produce. Genuine journalism is expensive.

You can't believe everything that's written or reported in the media.

When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.

Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.

We must combat misinformation that is being spread.

The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped such free and open access to information would have had. It has instead provided free and open access, without the traditional media filters, to a barrage of disinformation.

We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.

I'm very wary of news on television.

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.

If it comes to be believed that we are simply a propaganda organ of some kind, as a lot of people believe about some of our competitors, that would be a problem.

Traditional news is often full of mistakes, but I think that people are getting more sophisticated in knowing what to trust and what not to trust.

News and entertainment are getting dangerously intertwined.

I deplore with you, the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed, and the malignity, the vulgarity, and mendacious spirit of those who write for them.... As vehicles of information, and a curb on our functionaries, they have rendered themselves useless, by forfeiting all title to belief.

I can't believe anything I hear on television anymore.

We live in a world with fake news being put out there. You don't really know what to trust, and it's a real danger to society.

Fake news and rumors thrive online because few verify what's real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases.

A lot of things the press say are nonsense.

Misinformation is a virus unto itself. And Fox News is the vector.

You should never trust anything reported by the media. Their first priority is to spread propaganda; their second priority is to make money. They never really care if they tell the truth or not.

I suppose my attitude is what's most important is that we surround the president's misleading information with accurate information and help people know what is true 'cause I think the biggest trend of the Trump years is that people are increasingly confused about what is real and what is made-up.