“Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These are simple historical facts intelligible to all adults, most children, and some of your more discerning domesticated animals. But not... to Bill O” ChildrenFactsPoliticalSimpleAnimalNewsAdultsFairsBillsHistoricalBalancedFoxesAbrahamFox NewsDiscerningIcebergHistorical FactsDomesticated AnimalsJohn Wilkes Booth Book:The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders Source: The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
“Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact? The mission of the Church in the pages of the New Testament is like the fallout from a vast explosion, a radioactive fallout which is not lethal but life-giving.” GivingKindFactsJoyJesusChurchAliveNewsPagesSilentMissionsRejectedTestamentExplosionsNew TestamentFallouts Book:The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Source: The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
“It is not hateful to say that an immoral action is sinful. On the contrary, the most compassionate thing we can do is help people to turn away from sin. To ignore another person's wrongful actions is a sign of apathy or indifference, while fraternal correction is motivated by love for that person's well-being, as can be seen by the fact that our Lord Jesus himself urged such correction. Indeed, the call to repentance is at the heart of the Gospel, as Jesus proclaimed, "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the Good News" (Mark 1:15).” PeopleBelieveWellsHeartPersonsFactsHelpingHandsActionTurnsJesusCan DoSinLordNewsMarkContraryKingdomsWell BeingIndifferenceRepentanceMotivatedCompassionateApathyGood NewsImmoralRepentKingdom Of GodOur LordHatefulCorrectionsFraternal Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“Here's good news: George W. Bush says that he is committed to fighting global warming. Yeah, well, he nipped that in the bud, didn't he? ... President Bush says he's really going to buckle down now and fight global warming. As a matter of fact, he announced today he's sending 20,000 troops to the sun” WellsMatterFactsTodayFightingPresidentSunNewsYeahCommittedGlobal WarmingTroopsGood NewsPresident BushBudMatter Of FactBuckles Author:David Letterman
“As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And that's the way it is." To me, that encapsulates the newsman's highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue.” WayMayTwoFactsSimpleNewsHighestConsequenceIdealsRegardDecadesStatementsJournalismEveningReportsControversyAnchorman Author:Walter Cronkite
“Okay, I'm not in the news business, and I'm not going to tell anyone how to do their job. However, it'd be good to have news reporting that I could trust again, and there's evidence that fact-checking is an idea whose time has come.” IdeasFactsJobsNewsEvidenceOkayBe GoodNews ReportingTrusting Again Author:Craig Newmark
“I'm not in the news business and won't tell people how to do their job. I'd like to restore trust in the news business, though, and feel that restoring fact-checking will really help. News business realities mean that such fact-checking has to be practical, it has to be fast and cheap.” PeopleFeelsMeanFactsHelpingRealityJobsNewsPracticalsRestoring Author:Craig Newmark
“Even more ominous ... is the fact that since the Second World War a new kind of intellectual has emerged in large numbers. ... he is only minimally interested in the proper intellectual significance of images and objects. Such people are not really intellectuals, but visuals ... A visual is more interested in style than in content ... A visual does not feel a rioting crowd being machine-gunned by the police, he simply sees a brilliant news photograph.” PeopleWorldFeelsKindDoeWarFactsNumbersStyleObjectsNewsIntellectualMachinesPolicePhotographCrowdsBrilliantWar Of The WorldsVisualsSignificanceLarge NumbersSecond World WarOminousRioting Author:John Fowles
“Hurricane Irene ... the storm was huge news. In fact, the Weather Channel reported something they haven't seen in years. Viewers.” YearsFactsHavensHugeNewsStormWeatherViewersHurricanes Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.” GivingFirstsDoeSoulFactsTruthFacesSufferingMediaDutyHonorIntegrityOfficeNewsSacredNewspapersTemptationPrimariesCommentGatheringMonopolyPerilPresentationTainted Author:C. P. Scott
“I like the fact that it [social media] is unfiltered. In other words it's not Geraldo of Fox News or Geraldo of WABC Radio, it's Geraldo. And you know it's raw, unedited, what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, or, you know, some mistakes I'm making in real time. And I see that as a way to go out kicking and screaming. People will be hearing from me 'til the bitter end now.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayRealEndsFactsFeelingsSocialMistakeMediaNewsRadioSocial MediaHearingBitterFoxesKickingFox News Author:Geraldo Rivera
“The big 3 networks don't like the fact that there's a Rush Limbaugh out there, they don't like the fact that there's a Fox News, they don't like the fact that there's a Matt Drudge. They liked it when it was nice, when it was just the three of them. Well, it ain't that way anymore.” WayWellsFactsBigsThreeNiceNewsFoxesFox News Author:Bernard Goldberg
“It's easy to sell good news like this, and the authors confidently rely on classic fallacious arguments. They argue by declaration, which is what makes the books so amusing. In matter-of-fact, authoritative tones, the authors tell us how plants and human beings exchange energy - or they describe what angels look like, whether or how they're sexed, how they communicate with human beings, and how they differ from ghosts. Readers might be expected to wonder, How do they know?” KnowsHumansLooksBookMatterFactsMightEnergyEasyHuman BeingsWonderAtheismReaderNewsAngelArgumentSellsPlantCommunicatePositive AtheismExpectedArguingGhostClassicToneRelyDeclarationGood NewsAmusingMatter Of Fact Author:Wendy Kaminer