Media Quote by Van Jones Download Open image “Donald Trump was underrated, but he understood social media and he understood reality television.” — Van Jones ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Media Reality Reality television Social Social media Television Trump Underrated Understood
“The conundrum was that conservative media saw Trump as its creature, while Trump saw himself as a star, a vaunted and valued product of… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I think Trump uses social media as a way to get to people's lowest common denominator. He uses it to incite fear. He talks… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
We thought Donald Trump was leaving that world of entertainment and climbing over the wall into politics. In fact, what he did was he… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an entertainer. Okay. He goes on shows like Howard Stern's to get people to watch his program. "The Apprentice" or buy… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Donald Trump understood the dynamics of the new media system better than the people who ran the old media system. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and Hispanic viewers than he was with Caucasian audiences. “He was getting so much exposure from the prime-time show, and getting good ratings on NBC, that both his positive perception and his negative perception were well above… — Joshua Green Copy Share
Donald Trump should not be underestimated. He'll say or do anything to suck the wind out of the news cycle. His reach and influence… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was called an… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
There was a lot of hype about social media in President Obama's first campaign. It was important, but it wasn't as important as I… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
When you talk about President Trump, the cable networks turned over so many hours of prime time to him. Why? Because he was entertaining,… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Donald Trump was really cool. I think a lot of people don't understand him. He brings so much media attention to anything he does.… — Bobby Lashley Copy Share Image
Donald Trump had a hit TV show on NBC for 14 years! He was covered by every major newspaper for 30 years. The idea… — Colin Jost Copy Share Image
Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars and incarceration… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I learned more in those six months [ in the White House] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] is a horrible human being, but he ain't worse than Bull Connor. Fannie Lou loved Bull Connor and beat Bull Connor because… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The government built the grid to favor one industry over others. But I don't hear any conservatives screaming about that. Folks don't understand that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Keith Ellison is an organizer's organizer.He's one of the only Muslims in Congress, so you have a big statement there. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Everybody should be mad but anger only takes you so far. At some point, you'll have outrage fatigue and burn out. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work, and that's… — Van Jones 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