But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.
It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.
I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.
I am now using media as a tool to bring attention to marginalized people.
In the past, I've been reluctant to share any bits of truth about myself or to really let people in on my reality. So I have said some things to throw people off the scent of what's really going on in my life. So I have sort of aided the media in printing these misconceptions, which I regret.
I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.
But me contradicting a news story is not going to make my words fact. It will just create a new news story.
I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.
The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.