William Greider Quotes

The media can make or break an administration.

The power is to set the agenda. What we print and what we don't print matter a lot.

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

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty, and it has made policy priorities more dependent on where TV journalists happen to point their cameras....

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

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 ...

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.

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.

Heavy media attention legitimates anything …

To say that the newspaper press represents public opinion is to administer insult to intelligent men. It is the property of speculators, political leaders, large contractors and railway directors.

Many newspapers have become players as well as spectators in the political debate.

In order to govern you have to feed the news cycle

Without television, Richard Nixon would not have a chance. He would not have a prayer of being elected because the press would not let him get through to the people.

The Press has not only a great influence over our manners and morals, but contributes largely to our pleasures.

If the press knows about a problem, big or small, that problem is far more likely to receive the personal attention of senior policy makers, then if it remains a well-kept secret.

The media have entered government as a revolutionary force.

I don't get bothered by the media. There is nothing in the media that makes me lose any sleep at night.

I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.