Media Evaluation Quotes

I did not approve of the TV spot, and when my opinion was asked, I recommended that it be removed from the air.

In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible.

I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.

The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.

I watch a lot of TV, and I'd like to think what I watch is good TV.

A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

For many years I have devoted articles and essays to newspapers, from the inside. So criticism of the newspapers was a topic that I practiced for a long time.

I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me in that bare fact by writing an intelligent review.

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.

In those stupid online polls to find the best sitcom ever, 'Father Ted' never gets the credit it deserves.

Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good or bad.