“Classic was Jimmy Savile’s use of the cloak of authority and kindness. Savile’s celebrity allowed him to acquire this authority. As we consider the regulation of the media and the legal right to privacy it is worth reflecting on how the Savile scandal happened. It happened because the aura of Sir Jimmy’s celebrity protected him from scrutiny by the press.” UseKindnessHappenedMediaAuthorityPressesClassicAcquirePrivacyRegulationProtectedScandalReflectingJimmyScrutinyCloaksAurasRight To Privacy Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“For new media reactionaries...the problem is technology, the endless distractions of the Internet, the breakdown of authority in an age of blogs and Twitter, the collapse of narrative in a hyper-linked, multi-networked world.” WorldProblemAgeTechnologyMediaInternetAuthorityEndlessNarrativeDistractionCollapseLinkedBlogsBreakdownReactionariesHyperNew Media Author:David L. Ulin
“Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.” KnowsRecordsMediaPositionLuckyAuthorityCrossesPhonesJournalismWitnessOfficialsReportersPhone CallsScrutinizeSubpoenas Author:Irving Kristol
“The beauty of new media is that no evidence is necessary. The brave blog-troopers have stormed the cockpit of news, and wrestled the joystick of authority away from the seasoned pilots of the press who would land our country at the Facts International Airport.” CountryFactsLandMediaAuthorityNewsEvidencePressesBraveInternationalOur CountryPilotsAirportsBlogsNew MediaCockpit Author:Stephen Colbert
“We need to put people in positions of authority in government, business, law, medicine, media, sports and entertainment who are filled with the laws of God so that we can bring those laws into effect.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentLawSportsEffectsMediaPositionAuthorityFilledMedicineEntertainment Author:Myles Munroe
“It was inevitable that in the proliferation of media and media channels and the natural debasing of authority that comes when you make an expert of someone who knows a few things and can be on television and you put the word "expert" underneath them, that is to say me, then eventually the very concept of expertise itself would become meaningless.” KnowsNaturalMediaTelevisionAuthorityConceptsInevitableExpertsMeaninglessExpertiseProliferation Author:John Hodgman
“Walesa was a national hero, a true icon. The vast majority of Poles didn't believe a word the authorities said. They took everything the official media said about Walesa to be a manipulation by the Communist authorities.” BelieveSaidMediaHeroAuthorityMajorityOfficialsManipulationCommunistIcons Author:Slawomir Cenckiewicz
“I think that fear of the mob, the expectation that people, particularly poor and nonwhite people become mobs almost automatically in the absence of coercive authority, is inculcated by the media, the movies, and politicians.” PeopleThinkingPoorMediaPoliticianAuthorityExpectationsAbsence Author:Rebecca Solnit
“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