Brit Hume Quotes

Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.

I think the media, by and large, if you look at surveys over the years, has never been conservative-leaning by any measure.

The [TV evening] news usually defines the candidate for the public.

When the people perceive that the print media is reporting what they believe is correct, then they tend to read the print media and to follow news on the television.

It's the media who love statistics.

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.

The perception of bias isn't there, that's what I told Ken Tomlinson, ... The majority of Americans do not perceive a bias.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively.

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

As far as the media is concerned, I wouldn't shoot anything down.

The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.

Well I think the media has a very powerful influence on almost anything and everything we do because the general public gets their perception of what is going on in things they don't have immediate access to from what they get through the media.

Today, political events are nullified unless they're on TV.

This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think.

The news media more and more considered the politicians to be props in their entertainment shows.

The media can make or break an administration.

Then there is the newspaper press, that huge engine for making the political test final.

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

Without television, Richard Nixon would not have a chance. He would not have a prayer of being elected because the press would not let him get through to the people.

In the cable news arena, you have two partisan networks looking out for their viewers. I think CNN needs to look out for the rest of us.

Trump has taken it to a new level. He is now viewing the media as the 'opposition party,' in his own words. Consequently, media coverage of Trump has become that much more significant.

I can't remember exactly, but the White House is not keen on people going on Fox News. It's my view that while people in the administration feel that Fox News doesn't give them a fair shake, the fact of the matter is there are a lot of people who watch Fox News.