They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
AL FRANKENWhen a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
More Al Franken Quotes
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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