They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
AL FRANKENThe crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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