Media Quote by Bill Moyers Download Open image “Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.” — Bill Moyers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Media Mutual Political Political system Political systems Politics Protection Racket
There's a dance of mutual destruction going on between the media and politicians. — Carmen Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The idea that we should dismantle the core protections of our political system to erect a ubiquitous surveillance state for the sake of this… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Under the guise of protecting people's health and safety, we have seen the erosion of our constitutional rights, and seen our justice system, law… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I really think what's happening to the American political system is that it has been reduced to a system of self-perpetuation for the people… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media. — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
Media scrutiny is a great trademark of the American political arena. — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them. — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to perpetrate violence against others. Our safety and security will come… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
David Rockefeller is the most conspicuous representative today of the ruling class, a multinational fraternity of men who shape the global economy and manage… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
They're counting on your patriotism to distract you from their plunder. They're counting on you to be standing at attention with your hand over… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
When the public loses faith in democracy's ability to solve the problems it has created for itself, the game's almost over. And I think… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to measure the impact on policy of any investigative journalism. You hope it matters to let a little more truth loose… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Sure enough, as merger has followed merger, journalism has been driven further down the hierarchy of values in the huge conglomerates that dominate what… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Unless you're willing to fight and refight the same battles until you go blue in the face, drive the people you work with nuts… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If being tolerant of differing opinions, if believing that America has to make it as a pluralistic nation, if being civil, if that makes… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
“She realized that the photograph had caused his reaction. It came to her almost as a revelation. Think of it: a photographer presses a… — Soheir Khashoggi Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I do have opinions. Fortunately, I neither Twitter nor Facebook. My daughter forbids me to go on social media. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image