Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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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 also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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