In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose

The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an immediate reality.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

The printed press does not show the reporter asking the question. What is peculiar to television is that the intrusiveness is part of the story

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television

You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy they have an access to truth not available through regular channels

We call them Twinkies. You've seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing the news while you wonder whether they've read the news - or if they've blow-dried their brains, too

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper

For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading

A people who's primary aims are driving, shopping, and television are subject to terrorism at any time