“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
“Because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS! We don't have an informed populous and we don't have a democracy... Everyone in the world knows that America, (in its current state, because of right-wingers) that the right wing arm of this country (that speaks for this country unfortunately) has no credibility when it comes to human rights or independent media.” KnowsWorldHumansCountryStatesAmericaSpeakDemocracyRightsMediaArmsNewsIndependentWingsHuman RightsCurrentsDoctrineCorporateFairnessCredibilityRight WingConsolidationIndependent Media Author:Janeane Garofalo
“Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny have created an important political radio show that balances humor and unreported news. At a time when media conglomerates dominate the airwaves, independent media like Citizen Radio is vital to national discourse.” ImportantShowsPoliticalMediaBalanceCitizensNewsIndependentRadioDiscourseJamieAllisonIndependent Media Author:Noam Chomsky
“Independent documentary isnt beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. Its a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in an in-depth, investigative fashion, and it can do so with a compassionate lens; it allows people to speak in a way that is more human than the mainstream media approach.” PeopleWayHumansSpeakInterestCan DoMediaFashionApproachIndependentDepthCompassionateMainstreamDocumentariesLensesPathwaysMainstream MediaRenegades Author:Josh Fox
“An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy.” DemocracyMediaEssentialsIndependent Author:Warren Christopher
“What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.” WantWritingDoePlayInterestingMediaIndustryIndependentRadioAlbumsMusic IndustrySomething Interesting Author:Ani DiFranco
“As an independent artist it is so easy to get caught up in websites, social media, merchandise, when I am going to put out an EP, fining a producer, finding a studio to record in and you have to remember at the end of the day you should be writing music.” ShouldWritingEndsRememberArtistSocialEasyRecordsMediaFindingsIndependentCaughtStudiosSocial MediaProducersThe End Of The DayCaught UpWebsiteEasy To GetWriting MusicMerchandise Author:Tyler Hilton
“The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.” GivingFilmBitsChanceMediaSeasonsIndependentPressesAwardsLongevityIndependent Film Author:Danny Boyle
“There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle.” HeartImportantStruggleDemocracyMediaIndependentPressesDiverseFree PressAmerican Democracy Author:Bill Moyers
“I have chosen to cast my lot with independent media outlets because I believe that only through independent reporting where you are not beholding to the interests of corporations or government are you able to really aggressively pursue the truth.” BelieveGovernmentAbleI BelieveInterestMediaIndependentCastsChosenPursueCorporationsWhere You AreOutletsIndependent Media Author:Jeremy Scahill
“One of the best things that's come out of the Seattle protests is the birth of the Independent Media Center. It's not as though the independent media movement wasn't already there, but it's given it another jump-start. There's the feeling that not only should we report on our underground culture and our own situation, but now we have to start telling people what's really going on at a time when everything from CNN to USA Today is as tightly controlled as Tass or Pravda.” PeopleShouldFeelingsTodayCultureGivenSituationMediaMovementBirthIndependentBest ThingsUsaReportsProtestControlledSeattleCnnIndependent Media Author:Jello Biafra
“Alternative spaces, independent media, satellite, these all provide some tools by which we can work more independently and deal more directly with communities we hope to reach. Distribution is key, and finding alternative ways to do that with new media is critical.” WayCommunitySpaceDealsMediaKeysFindingsToolsIndependentCriticalAlternativesDistributionSatellitesNew MediaIndependent Media Author:Chuck D
“I think in terms of who can be trusted, I think the evidence is clear that there has been no candidate that I have ever seen who lies more often than does Donald Trump. I mean and that's just not me saying it, that's what any independent media analysis has shown. So in terms of trust, you really can't trust a word, I think, that Mr. Trump has to say.” ThinkingMeanDoeHas BeensLyingTermClearMediaTrumpEvidenceIndependentAnalysisCandidatesTrustedIndependent Media Author:Bernie Sanders
“I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.” PeopleShouldTryingHas BeensCountryInterestMistakeMediaApproachConcernedIndiaIndependentAppealsPakistanShortcomingsPrismsIndependent Country Author:Narendra Modi
“We need an independent media to hold people like me to account.” PeopleNeedsMediaAccountsIndependentLike MeOld PeopleIndependent Media Author:George H. W. Bush
“I just wish there was more media that was trailblazing and independent. And, this to me is a big danger right now in this set up is you've got these corporations, like the New York Times, and Amazon now with the Washington Post, and Time-Warner, and all of them seem to be the same! This is what's frightening!” BigsSeemsWishMediaDangerNew YorkRight NowIndependentPostsCorporationsFrighteningNew York TimesAmazonTrailblazing Author:Matt Drudge
“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common” PeopleMindTurnsInterestMemoriesViewsCommonIssuesAwarenessMediaEventsImportancePressureIndependentDeterminedAccidentsEaseDramaticReportsRelativeSlipsRegimesTopicsFeedingCoverageFrenzyPublic InterestIndependent Media Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent-thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the “Nation,” it’s time for all of us to sit up and worry.” PeopleThinkingFirstsArtUseGovernmentFilmNationsBitsBrainWorryMediaJudgmentMusicianIndependentPainterCorporateMakersFlagsShrinksWrapsYokeShroudsIndependent Thinking Author:Arundhati Roy
“You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system - a private system including media, intellectual opinion forming magazines and the participation of the most highly educated sections of the population. Such people ought to be referred to as "Commissars - for that is what their essential function is - to set up and maintain a system of doctrines and beliefs which will undermine independent thought and prevent a proper understanding and analysis of national and global institutions, issues, and policies".” PeopleTruthBeliefUnderstandingOpinionClassIssuesMediaPolicyOughtEssentialsIntellectualFunctionIndependentInstitutionsIncludingPopulationDoctrineEducatedMagazinesPropagandaAnalysisSubtleControlledParticipationSectionsIndependent Thought Author:Noam Chomsky
“Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do.” SoundSilenceBreakMediaIndependentRefuseCorporateBarriersSilence IsIndependent Media Author:Amy Goodman
“Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before” TodayDemocracyMediaHealthyBasesIndependentCorporateCrucialCitizenshipCitizenryInformed CitizenryInformed Citizens Author:Dahr Jamail