"The United States has a long history of hypocrisy, preaching democracy and human rights while supporting dictators and committing atrocities."

"If you want to be a serious intellectual, you have to be able to deal with complexity."

"The media are corporations, they have an interest in selling a product, and the product is the audience."

"What are the interests of the powerful? The interests of the powerful are to maintain their power."

"The American political system is largely a sham."