Agendas Quote by Peter Dale Scott

The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.

— Michael Pollan

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

— Ted Koppel

Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest no different…

— Donald Trump

We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda.

— Bernard Goldberg

... the media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive…

— Noam Chomsky

What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way…

— Steve Bannon

I have chosen to cast my lot with independent media outlets because I believe that only through independent reporting where you are not beholding…

— Jeremy Scahill

The media is supposed to be custodians of the facts and watchdogs of government. They have, for the most part, neglected to be either…

— Janeane Garofalo

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly…

— Jonathan Demme

Every story has a point of view and whether it's by what one chooses to include or exclude from a story or whether it's…

— Tom Morello

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

— Michael Pollan

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

— Bob Woodward