#levi

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest markets too, but TV stations basically are now the primary receivers of campaign spending. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#basically #because #campaign #going #largest

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#both #ever #greatest #journalism #like

So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#behalf #consent #direct #direct result #government

Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#executive producer #film #history #jerry #most

Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all we saw them on television, and that changed everything. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#changed #debate #everything #first #first of all

Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#common #common denominator #denominator #especially #low

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#cable #character #characters #clearly #far

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#discovery #fake #genuine #must #pretend

I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings. ↗

— Will McDonough

#around #big #built #educational #enough

I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended. ↗

— Will McDonough

#intended #inventors #should #television #think