“War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.” WarShowsMediaStyleTvsPlotTv ShowsViewersTwistsBlanketCoverageProliferationPhotojournalismMedia CoveragePlot Twists Author:David Burnett
“Thousand of Virginia's are losing their coverage, facing skyrocketing insurance premiums and losing their doctors under Obamacare. Employers across the Commonwealth say that the law is preventing or slowing down hiring and growth.” LawGrowthThousandLosingDoctorsSlow DownEmployersObamacareVirginiaHiringCoveragePreventingCommonwealthSlowing Author:Rob Wittman
“When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny.” PeopleWarFocusDyingEventsProtestMainstreamCoveragePuppetsPeople Dying Author:Mo Rocca
“[Barack Obama failed to sell a health care reform plan to American voters] because the utter implausibility of its central promise - expanded coverage at lower cost - led voters to conclude that it would lead ultimately to more government, more taxes and more debt.” GovernmentCarePlansPromiseCostTaxesSellsDebtReformBarackHealth CareVotersCoverageHealth Care ReformAmerican Voters Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingI CanCountryAmericaGamesAirYouthPrideLettersTreatsAngryAssumingSurpriseAthleteSavingPostsBotherOrganizedVehicleElsewhereFeathersBlogsBecause I CanCoveragePistolsOlympic GamesFrayNbcRufflesNational PrideSaving Up Author:James Fallows
“I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.” MadePresidentDecisionMediaRanCoverage Author:Michele Bachmann
“A recent analysis of election coverage by the Tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found that Bernie Sanders received just ten minutes out of 857 minutes of campaign coverage in 2015. Compare that to 234 minutes for Donald Trump, and 113 for Hillary Clinton.” FoundMinutesTrumpTenNewsProgramElectionClintonTrackCampaignsCompareAnalysisReportsCoverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The [Bernie] Sanders campaign became the center of a good old-fashioned political controversy. His coverage went from no news to bad news with the revelation that four Sanders staffers took advantage of a software glitch to access confidential voter data belonging to the Hillary Clinton campaign.” PoliticalFourNewsAdvantageClintonAccessCampaignsDataRevelationsBelongingVotersSoftwareOld FashionedControversyCoverageBad NewsConfidentialGlitches Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage.” MediaChangedTrumpStationsCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The media companies control whether a candidate gets "coverage" - which itself is tied to the knowledge of how much he or she has raised. The networks then know how much money the candidate is likely to spend on commercial airtime buys - so, this is a reinforcing system of legal corruption and quid pro quo news coverage.” KnowsCompanyKnow HowMediaNewsRaisedCorruptionCandidatesTiedCoverageQuid Pro QuoNews Coverage Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“Even wars, big conflicts that have drawn a lot of news coverage, sometimes seem to me to have a center that hasn't been described, that might yet be glimpsed if approached from some odd angle.” IfsWarSometimesBigsSeemsMightConflictNewsOddAngleCoverageNews Coverage Author:William Finnegan
“We have some breaking news from our dedicated kale coverage desk here at NPR.Starting now, Chick-fil-A has kale on its menu next to the spicy chicken sandwich and the waffle fries. It's called the Superfood Side.” NextSidesNewsStartingChickensDedicatedDesksSandwichesChicksCoverageMenusFriesSpicyWafflesKaleNprBreaking NewsSuperfoodsStarting Now Author:Ari Shapiro
“I don't have any problem with coverage of victims in France. My heart goes out to anyone who was hurt or killed over there.” HeartProblemHurtMy HeartVictimFranceCoverage Author:Lazarus of Bethany
“One thing that is very different technically is that you don't get a lot of coverage in television. Not like you do on a film. I know we don't have time for separate set-ups, so I will design a scene where I'm hiding multiple cameras within that set-up. That way, if I don't have time to do five set-ups, I can do four cameras in one set-up. It's a different kind of approach for that. For the most part, a lot of television, in a visual sense, lacks time for the atmosphere and putting you in a place.” IfsKnowsWayKindI CanDifferentFilmCan DoFiveFourOne ThingDesignTelevisionLike YouSceneApproachCamerasAtmosphereVisualsHidingDifferent KindsMultipleCoverage Author:Len Wiseman
“I've gotten a lot of exposure for my writing. My writing blog has gotten over 1000 unique hits since the Observer piece (quite a lot as before it was something like 20 people a day if I was lucky.) But more importantly the coverage exposed me to and so has allowed me to connect with a lot of new people I really enjoy interacting with.” PeopleIfsWritingEnjoyPiecesLuckyUniqueExposedObserversExposureBlogsCoverageInteracting Author:Marie Calloway
“The impact of the ACA on larger businesses - especially those that self-insure - is far less than what they would experience in the standard commercial insurance market were they to go out and purchase traditional coverage.” SelfStandardsImpactTraditionalCoverageAca Author:John E. McDonough
“Many organizations help businesses to stay on top of what's changing or likely to change. It's important for executives and managers who focus on a company's health coverage to stay up-to-speed on what's happening, and it's important for those in the C-suite to understand the changes to factor these new variables into their strategic planning calculus.” ImportantHelpingCompanyFocusHappeningsOrganizationSpeedPlanningFactorsManagersExecutivesStrategicCoverageVariablesStrategic PlanningCalculusHealth Coverage Author:John E. McDonough
“I shoot very little film. If you just do coverage you're shooting any number of potential films instead of just one, and I was shooting just one specific film. Film is cheap but time is expensive.” IfsLittlesFilmNumbersShootingJust OneExpensiveCoverage Author:William Monahan
“You need to make sure you're going exactly where your guy goes in press coverage. In zone, you can read the quarterback and his eyes a bit to determine where he's going. You don't get the opportunity in press coverage to read the quarterback, so it's all on you.” NeedsEyeGuyOpportunityBitsPressesDetermineHis EyesZoneCoverageQuarterback Author:Antonio Cromartie
“"Bolshoi Babylon" is the work of filmmakers Mark Franchetti and Nicholas Read. Franchetti has been a Moscow-based journalist for 18 years. He won a British Press Award for his coverage of the 2002 Moscow theater siege in which 130 hostages were killed. He's covered Russian politics and the war in Ukraine.” YearsHas BeensWarMarkTheaterPressesBritishJournalistFilmmakerCoveredAwardsUkraineCoverageHostageMoscowSiegeBabylon Author:Elizabeth Blair Lee
“There is no disagreement between us [with Bernie Sanders ] on universal coverage for health care, the disagreement is where do we start from and where do we end up.” EndsCareUniversalHealth CareDisagreementCoverage Author:Hillary Clinton
“I am laying out a specific agenda that will make more progress, get more jobs with rising incomes, get us to universal health care coverage, get us to universal pre-k, paid family leave and the other elements of what I think will build a strong economy, that will ensure Americans keep making progress. That's what I'm offering and that's what I will do as president.” ThinkingCareJobsStrongPresidentEconomyProgressElementsUniversalPaidIncomeHealth CareRisingAgendasOfferingCoverageStrong EconomyUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance.” CareCompanyDrugUniversalHealth CareVengeanceCoverageInsurance CompaniesDrug CompaniesUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“I wanted to take up a sport the real way and see if I actually had athletic ability. And then I happened to see it was during the Atlanta Olympics. And there was a lot of coverage of archery because the U.S. men's team won all the medals. And I thought, "Wow, that's beautiful. And it's so dramatic, a beautiful sport. And I wonder if I would be good at it?"” IfsMenWayRealWould BeWantedBeautifulSportsAbilityWonderHappenedTeamBe GoodDramaticWowOlympicsMedalAthleticCoverageAtlantaArcheryAthletic Ability Author:Geena Davis
“I still remember vividly watching television coverage of the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1992 (when he was 17) when Bill Clinton got the nomination. That was certainly a part of my growing interest in politics.” StillsRememberInterestGrowingTelevisionSummerBillsDemocraticClintonConventionsCoverageNominationsWatching TelevisionInterest In Politics Author:Josh Earnest
“The media coverage for Donald Trump has been almost cheerleading over the last couple weeks. And I'm convinced it's because many in the press want him to be the nominee.” WantHas BeensMediaTrumpPressesConvincedCoverageWant HimCheerleadingMedia Coverage Author:Marco Rubio
“This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.” IfsThinkingWantImportantStatesGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearPolicySeriousTrumpOfficeShotsClintonOutcomesThis GuyProposalCoverageOval Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald Trump has the benefit of the fact that he's dominated media coverage, I mean, literally dominated media coverage because of the outrageous things he says and so forth. That's going to end here. There's going to be real fight now for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. And it is not - I will do whatever it takes to prevent it from being taken over by a con artist.” HeartMeanRealSoulEndsFactsArtistFightingPartyTakenMediaMovementTrumpRepublicanBenefitsConservativeBeing RealRepublican PartyOutrageousHeart And SoulCoverageWhatever It TakesCon ArtistMedia Coverage Author:Marco Rubio
“We have populations now in the West with a very short memory span. One reason for this short memory span is that television over the last fifteen years has seen a big decline in the coverage of the rest of the world.” WorldYearsReasonBigsLastsMemoriesTelevisionWestPopulationDeclineFifteenCoverageFifteen YearsShort Memory Author:Tariq Ali
“If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest of the world, not even of neighboring countries like Mexico or neighboring continents like Latin America.” IfsWorldCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesNewsLatinMexicoContinentsCoverageLatin America Author:Tariq Ali
“When terrorism is directly aiming at Western countries, it is automatically and abnormally enlarged in order to instill emotions and fear. However, when attacks happen in the Middle East, is it conveniently downplayed and less talked about. Unless they would benefit more from a heavy coverage.” CountryHappensOrderEmotionMiddleBenefitsWesternHeavyTerrorismEastMiddle EastCoverageInstill Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I think there's been an overestimation of how much the press can shape coverage and people's decisions.” PeopleThinkingDecisionShapesPressesCoverage Author:David Folkenflik
“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 without the attention. He's repaid the favor by attacking the press, but that's generated more reactive coverage.” ThinkingSelfAttentionMediaTrumpCreaturesPressesExtremesFavorsAttackingCoverage Author:David Folkenflik
“I try and shoot as often as I can, I cross shoot. I have at least two cameras rolling at the same time. So I'll have two actors or two sets of actors at a time so everybody's basically on camera. So when they improvise we have everybody's coverage. And you can then go in the editing room and find the energy still stays there.” TryingStillsTwoActorsEnergyRoomsCrossesCamerasRollingEditingCoverage Author:Denis Leary
“If you want to get unpaid media coverage, you had better be quotable. It's an interesting problem, because very few candidates are quotable.” IfsWantProblemInterestingMediaCandidatesCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Roger Ailes
“I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide. And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.” WorldHas BeensProblemAbleYoungCulturePayPositionIndustryEqualEntertainmentInequalityAround The WorldBoardsYoung WomenCoverageEntertainment Industry Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do an hour of political comedy, it might be a little rough, sure. But I think if you're spending 10 minutes or less, and you're talking about - not necessarily [Donald Trump] but his supporters and the media coverage, there's all kinds of angles to explore. It doesn't just have to be simply, "This guy is crazy!" It's more about the idea of that kind of guy rising to the prominence he has, to actually become the Republican candidate.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesIdeasMightHappensPoliticalGuyGirlHoursTalkingComedyCrazyMinutesMediaTrumpRepublicanSpendingAll KindsCandidatesRisingRoughSupporterAngleThis GuyCoverageProminenceMedia Coverage Author:David Cross
“Media coverage of the legislative fights is overwhelmingly negative for agriculture interests. The impression left among consumers is that the proponents had something to hide.” FightingLeftInterestMediaNegativeImpressionConsumersAgricultureCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Wayne Pacelle
“Anyone who supported Bernie Sanders who thinks we should raise the minimum wage, who thinks that we should have universal health care coverage, who thinks that the wealthy have not paid their fair share, and I could go on and on, would certainly not find that Donald Trump's views are in line with theirs.” ThinkingShouldCareLinesViewsShareGoes OnTrumpFairsShould HaveUniversalPaidRaisesHealth CareWealthyMinimumCoverageMinimum WageFair ShareUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.” QualityMediaNewsGiantsPrintCoverageNews CoveragePrint Media Author:F. Lee Bailey
“Especially without coverage, we have made it to 4, 5, 6% in the polls just on the power of the public interest out there from Americans who feel like they've been thrown under the bus by the two conventional parties.” FeelsMadeTwoInterestPartyMade ItThrownBusConventionalPollsCoveragePublic InterestThrown Under The Bus Author:Jill Stein
“Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.” PlayerFormulasCoverageMultinationalsFormula One Author:Martin Sorrell
“I'm doing an over-the-shoulder shot on a dog. I'm putting the camera behind the dog's shoulder. This is craziness. You just accept it in the movie [Valley of Violence], but when you make the movie, it's the weirdest thing. There's dog coverage, like it's a person.” PersonsBehindsAcceptingViolenceDogShotsCamerasShouldersValleysCoverageCraziness Author:Ti West
“The vast majority of the coverage had to do with him basically saying, for the first 100 days of my administration, the [Donald] Trump administration, I'd be going after people who ticked me off.” PeopleFirstsTrumpMajorityAdministrationCoverage Author:Star Jones
“The for-profit health insurance industry is the main obstacle to delivering high quality, universal healthcare for all. It should be replaced with a single-payer system, a public program that guarantees everyone coverage.” ShouldQualityIndustryProgramUniversalProfitObstaclesGuaranteesHealthcareReplacedCoverageDeliveringHigh Quality Author:Kshama Sawant
“While CNN has hired a fleet of new political reporters to beef up its coverage of these elections [2016], it also maintains a huge stable of paid pundits. [Donna] Brazile was on the air and the payroll at CNN while vice chairwoman of the party. She took an absence when she became chief.” PoliticalPartyAirHugePaidElectionVicesAbsenceChiefsStableReportersCoverageBeefCnnPunditsPayroll Author:Donna Brazile
“CNN says it did not share its coverage materials with any candidate, party or campaign and says it was completely uncomfortable with [Donna] Brazile's involvement with the [Hillary] Clinton camp.” PartyShareMaterialsClintonCampaignsUncomfortableCandidatesCampsInvolvementCoverageCnn Author:Donna Brazile
“I think I was, like, 23 or something [on The Breakfast Club]. I was the oldest of the five. Emilio [Estevez] and Ally [Sheedy] were a year younger. The only real difference was that Molly [ Ringwald] and Michael [Hall] still had to go to school. They could shoot, like, a half day. So a lot of my close coverage was done with Molly's stand-in, so Molly could do her schoolwork.” ThinkingYearsStillsRealDoneSchoolDifferencesHalfFiveClubsHallsBreakfastAlliesCoverageSchoolworkHalf Days Author:Judd Nelson
“Trace Adkins is such a great guy. Really is. And he's got that incredible voice - low, deep. He throws words around like "my dental coverage."” GuyVoiceLowsIncrediblesCoverageDentalGreat Guy Author:Judd Nelson
“I think that Donald Trump has faced an unprecedented avalanche of critical coverage when he was running and frankly, I think, it in part he owes his victory to that.” ThinkingRunningTrumpVictoryCriticalCoverageUnprecedentedAvalanches Author:Kellyanne Conway