'Meet the Press' is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
News is the best drama on television because it's real.
Local television is still the No. 1 source for news and part of the family.
In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.
I think it's actually harder to watch the meet from the media section. You have no control there.
Everybody wants to do 'The View.' It's this iconic show. When I worked at the White House, I used to watch the beginning to see what they were talking about. If a political topic was on their radar, I used it as ammunition with the president or the White House staff.
Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.
I don't really think of 'Frontline' as a strictly public affairs series; I think of it as a work of journalism that is constantly reinventing itself.