Blame Quote by Sara Sheridan

Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.

— John Harwood

“Journalists are notoriously prone to exaggerate the beneficial impact of elections and to ignore more complex developments.”

— Patrick Cockburn

“In my judgment, we suffer quite as much from exaggerated, hysterical, and untruthful or slanderous statements in the press as from any wrongdoing by…

— Peter Hartshorn

The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and…

— Carl Bernstein

“I came to the conclusion that an enormous amount of research was needed to form an opinion on anything, and therefore abandoned politics altogether…

— Philip Larkin

“It’s true, though, that we struggled to stay on message. My advisors had to deal with a candidate—me—who often wanted something new to say,…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content…

— Manuel Castells

“For all its faults, our political process is a good one, and the means by which much meaningful change is made. That is not…

— Alastair Campbell

“Modern electronic mass media had been a defining piece of the twentieth-century experience that served an important democratic function—presenting Americans with a shared set…

— Kurt Andersen

“Look at how the news is presented these days. Opinions become facts when they’re delivered by an emotional newscaster who has a political spin…

— Sara M. Barton

“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general…

— Ruth Ozeki

Criticisms of mainstream media bias have been a staple of the conservative movement and talk radio from the beginning.

— Charlie Sykes