Media Censorship Quotes

The organization of our press has truly been a success. Our law concerning the press is such that divergences of opinion between members of the government are no longer an occasion for public exhibitions, which are not the newspapers' business.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

Give people control of the media and they will use it. Don’t give them control and you will lose it.

Whoever controls the media—the images—controls the culture.

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

To say that the newspaper press represents public opinion is to administer insult to intelligent men. It is the property of speculators, political leaders, large contractors and railway directors.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen, and the far spread magazine, rules the country.

Freedom of the press, printing, publication and mass media shall be guaranteed. Censorship on newspapers is forbidden as well as notifying, suspending or cancelling them by administrative methods. In a state of emergency or in time of war a limited censorship may be imposed on the newspapers, publications and mass media in matters related to public safety or purposes of national security in accordance with the law.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media.

The fact that there aren't more restrictions on the media is disgraceful.

No one today in Washington doubts the superior firepower of the media over that of the executive branch.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

The media are not progressive enough to let us govern. 24/7 news is the worst thing that has happened to the ability to govern.

I feel like the Left wants to destroy Fox News.

The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire.

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.

I don't watch the media that much.

The election in Russia was free but not very fair.

After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types around the world don't realize the importance of freedom of the press and the air, a right to peaceably assemble and discuss anything, including the dangers of such discussions.

1952 was the last year that television covered a political event as if television weren't there.

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative.

Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.