The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn a little bit about it. Its not rocket science: You get ratings, thats good. – Al Franken
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. Ive been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, youre under pressure. – Al Franken
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. Theyre about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover. – Al Franken
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book thats funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So theres all kinds of advantages to it. – Al Franken