Stephen Colbert Quotes

I only know what I read in the papers.

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.

I want to educate people and deliver news that isn't just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I'd like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy.

I have an aversion to news nuggets, so I find myself looking for sites that offer more analysis.

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.

I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.

People who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

TV news is not very instructive.

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

Modern young news consumers want not only to know what happened but why it happened.

We try and slow down the news.

Conservatives watch Fox News and read 'Breitbart.' Liberals watch MSNBC and read 'HuffPost.' When we agree, it's the truth; when we differ, it's fake news.

I just hope that people get a variety of news sources to keep themselves informed.

People who watch news are pretty smart. Most of them don't just go to one channel for all their news anyway.

Don't read, click links or subscribe to any media organisations that peddle sinister untruths and stereotypes.

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.

I've always read the papers but didn't feel I knew enough in the past. But doing the research and looking at newspapers and online websites gives you a 360-degree view of the news.

There's so much to consume that it's very easy to read a headline in the news outlets that you subscribe to that you maybe support and go 'This is how I feel.'

I find I process the news by listening to someone else's report.

We've lost a lot of regard for straight forward news stories, and that has then been supplemented by comment, not even analysis, which has created a lot of celebrity journalists.

I still quite enjoy watching Fox News because I think it makes me think through my arguments and make sure I'm on the right side.

As an independent skeptical of all news stations and wanting to understand diverse perspectives, I tend to navigate between CNN, ABC, PBS, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNBC, and yes, FOX.

I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.