“Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.” GovernmentTodayLawResultsMediaDirectSubsidies Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMediaMilitaryIndependentIndependencePressesBrilliantSeparationBranchesExecutivesCiviliansJudicialCentral BanksSeparation Of PowersSystems Of GovernmentJudicial BranchIndependent Media Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.” PeopleGovernmentCausesViewsAttitudeMediaMajorityJustifiedLensesStanceJudiciaryProsecutionKurdish Author:Osman Baydemir
“Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. If there's a criticism to be made today, it's that the press isn't doing enough to put the pressure on the government to provide information.” IfsKnowsMadeEnoughGovernmentTodayNamesMediaInformationDutyCriticismPressurePresses Author:Walter Cronkite
“To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.” GovernmentMediaDangerousFiguresThreatChinaCriticalSymbolic Author:Ai Weiwei
“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“Regardless of all of the ways that the media have changed in recent years, one thing that will never go out of style in America is the ability of a free press to keep the public accurately and honestly informed about its government.” WayYearsGovernmentAmericaAbilityOne ThingMediaStyleChangedPressesHonestlyFreedom Of SpeechFree PressYear One Author:Candice S. Miller
“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ThinkingWarPlayGovernmentPeaceMediaPressesPropagandaAnti WarKeyboardsNazismNazi GermanyGerman HistoryMedia Control Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of editorial opinion that favors what you are doing or that the opposition doesn't have its voice, but you have to be able to effectively communicate your story through the media.” MeanImportantStoriesGovernmentAbleVoiceOpinionMediaBalanceCommunicateFavorsOppositionEditorials Author:Stephen Harper
“It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation particularly by the media.” MeanWarGovernmentResponsibilityMediaCommitmentPeacefulSettlingDisputesCharterAgitationGood Faith Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas