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Media Quotes by Al Franken
- Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers...Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
- The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy…
- 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…
- As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a…
- I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to…
- I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry at the Bush administration; I'm angry at the right…
- To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It's…
- Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe. Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher…
- Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as…
- To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem…
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