In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is now such a complex society in terms of media. It just comes at us from every direction. You kind of have to push it all away.
I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.
It is really the angling in the media that I do not like. That is how media can be rotten.
Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
I don't really read a lot of newspapers. I don't pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I've had lots of experiences in the past when I got too much into it. That sort of diverts your focus.
I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.
Even though it has been very painful, lots of opportunities have come forward journalistically. Once all of this blows over, I think it might actually help that I have gotten this attention.
Suddenly the whole imagination of writing and editorial and newspaper and all these presumptions about who am I reading this, and who else other people may be, and all that, it's so grimly brutal!
I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States.
It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.