“The function of news is to signalize an event, the functionoftruth istobring to lightthehiddenfacts, toset them into relationwith each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act.Only at those points, where social conditions take recognizable and measurable shape, do the body of truth and the body of news coincide.” MenBodyRealitySocialConditionsEventsTruth IsShapesNewsFunctionSocial Conditions Author:Walter Lippmann
“The function of a blog is on some level to start a conversation that you're not involved in any more because you've already had your say. That thing of coming right off the news - did you see what I saw this morning, can you believe it? - has a kind of fun appeal.” BelieveKindFunLevelsMorningSawsInvolvedConversationNewsFunctionAppealsBlogs Author:Nora Ephron
“The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them in relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act.” MenFactsRealityLightEventsTruth IsNewsFunctionRelation Book:Public Opinion Source: Public Opinion
“The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.” PeopleKnowsMayOughtHolyNewsFunctionPressesForumsBreachBreach Of Trust Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Trump has learned how to function in a world in which people now live in very separate realities, where they get their news from Facebook recommendations and believe in a particular set of facts. Others, who live in a different reality, know quite a different set of facts.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveDifferentFactsRealityParticularTrumpNewsFunctionRecommendationsDifferent Realities Author:Anne Applebaum
“The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.” IfsGivingWellsBusinessTelevisionTvsNewsFunctionJournalismSarcasmSarcasticEmphasisNewspapers JournalismNewspaper ReportersTelevision NewsTv News Author:David Brinkley
“Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.” LooksShareMajorsNewsOrganizationFunctionEmployeeCeoGood NewsBad NewsBe Encouraged Book:Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy Source: Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy