The media—stenographers to power.

[The media can be] the greatest force for peace on the earth [for] it is how we come to understand each other.

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them.

But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it — everyday seeing 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' — you have to ask: 'If this were state controlled media, how would it be any different?'

Whether you vote for me or you don't vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion. And I will be your champion, whether you vote for me or not.

People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.