If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
For years, right wing outlets like outlets like Fox News and talk radio have been telling their audience day after day that any information coming from outside of conservative media is not to be trusted.
It used to be radio was the place that young people gathered to get their information.
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.
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
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.
If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.
The media is telling you who Donald Trump is and what he's saying and what he's doing, courtesy of anonymous leaks.
Political Wire is one of the absolute must-read sites in the blogosphere.
People see whatever the media first reports.
The Washington Post is the first and prime source of information for the national government.... It can come very close to setting the nation's agenda.
I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television.
The truth is I don't watch a lot of news, except for when I'm here at the office watching Fox News. I get my news online primarily when I'm not watching the channel.
Books are wonderful, but they aren't that powerful.
I watch a ton of CNN.
Twitter is the first information that I ingest in the morning. When there are important things happening, friends of mine who follow news feeds will report on it, so I find out about most major news on Twitter.
I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.
I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there.
Don't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.
As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world.
Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book.
I only know what I read in the papers.
We talk about the influence of the media on public opinion. But reality has some influence on public opinion too.
I just get my news from the Internet.
I became a journalist because I didn't want to have to rely on the press for information... I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it's useful to know what people think is the news.
