“Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.” Quote by Jonathan Morduch
“The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.” PeopleLightSupportMediaEaseFrail Author:Corazon Aquino
“The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.” WayHas BeensGovernmentOpinionMediaDiversityIdealsDiverseOwnership Author:Ben Bagdikian
“I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be so exposed to the media that he will be lost to his parents by the time he is 12.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenPersonsPoliticalLostParentMediaExposedNew Media Author:David Bowie
“The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility and always, always questioned authority, because without it authority often goes unchecked.” YearsFilmResponsibilityWrittenMediaTaughtLessonsAuthorityYears AgoScriptsValuableTaught UsValuable LessonsAuthority And ResponsibilityEdward R Murrow Author:George Clooney
“The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools” SchoolForceMediaArmyPolicePressesPossessionReactionaries Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953
“I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it.” ThinkingMediaEmergencies Author:Phil Donahue
“I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.” Can DoRealizingMediaPopulationScare Author:Phil Donahue
“...because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.” HandsClearGreaterGroupsMediaThese DaysConcentrationTrendsGlobalizationUniformity Author:Eduardo Galeano
“The media is supposed to be custodians of the facts and watchdogs of government. They have, for the most part, neglected to be either of those things.” FactsGovernmentMediaSupposed To BeNeglectedCustodians Author:Janeane Garofalo