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The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.

I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

It is really the angling in the media that I do not like. That is how media can be rotten.

The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.

Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.

You can't have a free democracy if you don't have a free media that can provide vital and independent information to the people.

I don't personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism.