Michael Pollan Quotes

I think the media is a real demon.

I apologize for what the media has done.

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

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

I am not here to accuse the media of anything.

Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

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 can be a really strong vehicle.

The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid.

Past occurrences have generally shown that there hasn’t been satisfaction from politicians in the manner they were covered [by the press.]

Being beyond politics, I am able to examine the role of the media without worrying about the indignant harrumphing that emanates from many journalists and commentators when you do so.

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 that there are some in the media who have an overinflated view of their mission.

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

I definitely have a real frustration with the media, especially having dealt with them as an agent.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

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

If there is a silver lining in the action of MSNBC against Keith Olbermann, it is that people will now pay more attention to the political role of corporate media in America.

Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.

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 media cause more problems than they do good.

All the media are horrible.