Rahul Dev Quotes

There is no dignity in television.

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.

The public are not stupid.

The nation whose population depends on the explosively compressed headline service of television news can expect to be exploited by the demagogues and dictators who prey upon the semi-informed.

The journalistic traits that are valued on TV and radio talk shows are destructive to democracy.

Television is not a gimmick, and if you think it is, you’ll lose again.

Just because it's in a movie doesn't mean it's real.

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

We're learning a tremendous amount of propaganda from television and the Internet.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

Television is intensely personal.

Because people have read those things in the newspapers, they think it is true. Ten years ago all these things I have just mentioned would have upset me.

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

The public's not stupid.

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.

The cliche that comics always use is that whatever is happening in the news is 'the gift that keeps on giving.' I always thought that was a bunch of nonsense.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

The press ... is but the servant of human intellect and its ministry is for good or evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill that grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.

The truth of television is that what people see, they believe.