Just For Fun: One Liners from Student Essays

"So as the press monitors the government and elections for the people, so must the people keep watch over the press." OR

"(The media) pretty much took Perot's bid as a symptom of a mid-life crisis." MA

"If H. Ross Perot were a poor man, his presidental ambitions would have been thought of as comical." IL

"A key example of the media's prejudice against candidates with no money and their support of those with wealth is Ross Perot." CA

"They tell young people to grow up and act like adults, but who would want to act the way most adults act?" SD

"Remember, just because you read it doesn't mean its true." MI

"In this last race, Bill Clinton picked up the label "Slick Willie" because of his humble origins in Hope, Arkansas" OR

"What it comes down to is if you do badly, you get bad coverage." KY

"The (election) should be a result of the way the voters perceived the candidates, not the way the media did so." TX

"I feel the media only covers the candidate that they feel is the best man or woman for the job." WI

"Politicians need reporters more than reporters need politicians." PA

"The candidates all have different stories and it is hard to trust a politician anyway." KS

"Clinton spoke of change, but does that mean it will be a change for the better?" MI

"We do need the media to uncover scandals and lies. We don't need the media adding to those lies." SD

"It appears to me that the media is doing their best to make it very difficult for anyone to obtain a political office." SD

"Reporters are not going to quit writing the half-truths if people are willing to buy their papers or watch their programs." SD

"I do believe the public has the mentality to choose who would best support and protect their interests." SD

"The way we as citizens allow them (the media) to use or abuse the opportunity to inform us is our choice." SD

"Magazines are much better than newspapers, because they get out from coast-to-coast, while newspapers only get around a small area of a state." SD

"Now we live in an age when the press asks, the candidates answer and the public decides." OK

"The role of the media in choosing candidates for national elections should be that of an informer, to educate the voters about their candidates, yet, doing so without bias." IL

"Our elections now depend too much on what the media says and not enough on what the candidate will actually do for our government." MN

". . . people will complain about the bureaucrats that are re-elected every time, yet do nothing to remedy it." IL

"The media gives a lot of coverage to the people who are ahead and less to the people (candidates) that are behind. . . (the media) likes to support the winning side." MN

"Overall, there needs to be a lot more facts and a lot less fluff." IL

"Media's main function is to yield the facts but not manufacture them." OH

"Television should be for entertainment and not for political endorsement." OH

"We are in an age where technology is capable of overcoming honesty." MO

"Not all media is corrupted; all media is capable of being used in corrupt ways." MO

"Whatever is done to inform the people better will make the government stronger because more capable people will be put in office." OH

"An under-educated voter isn't an honest voter." OH

"Don't be afraid to speak up; someone will listen." OH

"Instead of the media rejecting candidates, it's time for the public to reject the media." OH

"The problem is not the news, rather the biased style of its presentation." NY

"Anyone that says the media doesn't play any role in the election should have a reality check." MA

"It is hard to tell sometimes when the media stops between does and should. The media does not always do what they should." IN

"...the most prized professional skill the reporter has is the ability to pry information out of people who do not want to divulge it." PA