I'm not at an extreme, but I do think that Donald Trump is a self-created creature. But the media has feasted on his spectacle and he wouldn't live w…

- David Folkenflik

You know, trust in the press, polls show - from Pew and other places - have gone down significantly over the years. Maybe the press doesn't have that…

- David Folkenflik

The paid Trump surrogates help CNN keep his supporters engaged with their shows, but it also sends their own reporters busy chasing after many of the…

- David Folkenflik

I think there's been an overestimation of how much the press can shape coverage and people's decisions.

- David Folkenflik

CNN stands to make a hundred million dollars more than it's expected lift for the election cycle, due to the phenomenon that is Donald Trump.

- David Folkenflik

People working for a news organization, even those with a point of view, are supposed to exercise independent judgment.

- David Folkenflik

Trump's - has great negatives, enormous negatives, a lot of people say they simply won't vote for him. So if he's gotten media, maybe it hasn't done …

- David Folkenflik

Near counts more than far, familiar more than different. Such is the indictment against the press, that it fails to treat similar tragedies with equa…

- David Folkenflik

I think it's very important to be able to hear from our public leaders in ways that they can't entirely orchestrate, seeing them speak live and unscr…

- David Folkenflik