“That's sort of a trick question, and I don't have a trick answer. Next question, please. You're not going to get me with that question today, buddy...I'm a veteran at this, buddy. Can't get that with me, buddy. Not today.” TodayNextAnswersMediaPleaseTricksNbaVeteranBuddy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Depending on what you do and how you do what you do, I wouldn't recommend for everyone to allow themselves to be public online. I think it also in some way, shape or form allows you to answer questions that otherwise would be lingering and dictate your own path instead of having your path dictated by the media.” ThinkingWayWould BeFormAnswersPathMediaShapesOnlineLingering Author:Ashton Kutcher
“I'm serious when I'm talking to the press because I'm always on guard because I never know what you're going to ask and I never know how you're going to construe my answer, so I try to maintain a pretty even pace when I'm speaking with the media.” KnowsTryingAsksAnswersTalkingKnow HowMediaSeriousPressesPace Author:Ashton Kutcher
“The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseRunningAsksAnswersMediaFrontsNewsPagesExcuseExtensionsPollsEditorialsNews Stories Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Our society is falling back increasingly on rampant consumerism and self-promoting social media as a way for people to feel that their lives matter - self-centered means of numbing the questions of mattering. Culture has relapsed back into the self-aggrandizing, glorifying answers that the Athenians had presumed, which had Socrates railing against them until he got so annoying that they killed him.” PeopleWayFeelsMeanSelfMatterFallCultureSocialAnswersMediaSocial MediaOur SocietyAnnoyingConsumerismPromotingSelf CenteredNumbingAthenians Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“Donald Trump refused to outline a health care plan. And they just kind of moved on, instead of pressing him on it. He gave a ridiculous answer on the national debt. And they moved on without pressing him on it. No other candidate could have gotten away with that. So, I think there's a weird bias here in the media rooting for Donald Trump, because they know he's the easiest Republican to beat.” ThinkingKnowsKindCareAnswersPlansMediaTrumpRepublicanBeatsMovedDebtRidiculousHealth CareCandidatesBiasOutlinesMoved OnNational Debt Author:Marco Rubio
“It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do all the time in their sound bytes.” WantMindHappensSoundAnswersMediaLazyClosing Author:David O. Russell
“There are still many questions about how law enforcement responded to the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.To get some answers, media organizations, including NPR, have asked for tapes of the 911 calls and other recordings. So far, authorities have not released that audio, only edited transcripts. Doing more, they say, would re-victimize the survivors.” StillsLawAnswersMediaAuthorityOrganizationIncludingShootingSurvivorTapeLaw EnforcementEnforcementPulseEditedNightclubsAudioOrlandoNpr Author:Audie Cornish
“Women don't make the decisions in the media. Even if you see women on camera, they have to answer to the person upstairs, which is mostly men. Women only hold 3% of the decision-making offices in the media.” IfsMenPersonsDecisionAnswersMediaOfficeCamerasDecision MakingMen WomenUpstairs Author:Jane Fonda
“We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.” DoeCultureBlackCommunityWhiteAnswersClearCuttingMediaFiguresConversationConflictJudicialJudicial System Author:Mike Colter
“My answer is that [Donald] Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he's had every establishment off side; Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence [agencies], arms companies... big foreign money ... are all united behind Hillary Clinton, and the media as well, media owners and even journalists themselves.” IfsWellsBigsWinningSidesAnswersUnitedBehindsCompanyMediaArmsTrumpClintonJournalistAgencyExceptionOwnersEstablishmentIntelligence Agencies Author:Julian Assange
“Islam is the religion of peace. And Islam, genuine, real Muslims are as opposed to Al-Qaeda and ISIS as we are. That is what has been dictated to our law enforcement agents by their superiors. If those were your instructions, and you have a terror attack and you're out there reporting to the media, trying to answer questions, you'd sound like a babbling buffoon, too, because you'd have to come up with ways to violate the very common sense you know is true.” IfsKnowsWayTryingHas BeensRealLawSoundAnswersCommonMediaIslamCome UpTerrorGenuineSuperiorsCommon SenseAgentsAlsInstructionLaw EnforcementEnforcementIsisAl QaedaBabblingBuffoonsTerror Attacks Author:Rush Limbaugh