“But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.” HelpingStoriesCausesPartyMediaRepublicanPrejudiceWingsBrandsAgendasBiasRepublican PartyRight Wing Author:Al Franken
“The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition.” FactsCausesInfluenceMediaStudentsAchievementEvidenceMereCurrentsInstructionVehicleNutritionTruckGroceriesStudent Achievement Author:Richard A. Clarke
“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
“Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.” PeopleWorldHumansCountryStatesPoliticalNationsCausesProcessUnitedLibertyMillionsRightsMediaDevelopmentIndependenceConclusionReportsRegionsScholarRecallsLowestUnited NationsPublishCoveringCivil LibertiesHuman DevelopmentAnalystsPolitical Rights Author:Larry Elder
“Oftentimes in a society when people of a certain type, whether individual or a group, are subconsciously portrayed by the media as abnormal, they also slowly, subconsciously become enemies of that society due to feelings of cultural guilt. Ultimately by this the inflated media is an enemy of its very own cause.” PeopleFeelingsCertainIndividualCausesEnemyGroupsMediaTypeGuiltDuesAbnormal Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The laws of the media, in tetrad form, bring logos and formal cause up to date to reveal analytically the structure of all human artefacts.” HumansFormLawCausesMediaStructureFormalLogosUp To DateArtefacts Author:Marshall McLuhan
“The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting legal weapons really, they don't just gag the press, they gag them from mentioning the existence of the gag. Sport belongs in a news bulletin about as much as a mummified cat's head belongs in a Caesar salad. Combine the "mounting pressure" with the "growing cause" and you've got yourself a "media whirlwind" which you can also refer to.” TryingMightCausesSportsInterestingExistenceGrowingMediaWeaponsNewsCatPressurePressesEnvironmentalReportsCatastropheSaladWhirlwindGagsCaesar Salad Author:Charlie Brooker
“I played a major role in the spread of crack cocaine, the marketing of crack cocaine, the glamorization of crack cocaine. But it's hard to say that it was totally my fault. My judge in Cincinnati told me, "Mr. Ross, I know that the prosecutor and the media and the DEA all want to blame you for this problem, but I sentenced my first drug dealer the year you were born, so I know you're not the cause. This is a problem we've had since before you were born."” KnowsWantYearsFirstsHardProblemCausesBornRolesMediaJudgingDrugMajorsBlameFaultsMarketingSpreadCracksCocaineDealerProsecutorDrug Dealers Author:Rick Ross
“The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.” PeopleWantNeedsMadeDifferentGuyCausesRichMediaConversationMassIntellectualAssumingProfoundWittyDeeperSingersFormerDiscoursePromptsWoodyMass MediaGimmicksMisdirection Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“Marijuana does not cause brain damage. Our media does by creating fears, encouraging hate and then selling the remedy to the fears and hate the media creates.” DoeHateCausesBrainMediaCreatingSellingDamageMarijuanaRemedyCreating Fear Author:Steven Machat
“They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.” DifferentSocialCausesMediaInformationMovementToolsCrisisCommunicateSocial Media Author:Scarlett Johansson
“No, 'cause, I mean, the expectation for me is I'm gonna try my best to win the tournament. But it's the people that sort of are in the media, are in the press, and the people that read it are the ones that, you know, see the expectation getting bigger or greater or, you know, how my performances have been going, whatnot.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanHas BeensWinningCausesKnow HowGreaterMediaExpectationsPerformancesBiggerPressesTournaments Author:Andy Murray
“But in this country, while you have to be competent to pull off a terrorist attack, you don't have to be competent to cause terror. All you need to do is start plotting an attack and - regardless of whether or not you have a viable plan, weapons or even the faintest clue - the media will aid you in terrorizing the entire population.” NeedsCountryCausesPlansMediaWeaponsPopulationTerrorAidsTerroristClueCompetentTerrorist Attacks Author:Bruce Schneier
“My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.” IfsWayHelpingSocialCausesCan DoAnimalLevelsMediaMessagesStartingFolksSocial MediaLocalsOnlineShelterBlanketNo MoneyCan Do SomethingAnimal LoveTowelsPetitionsAnimal Shelter Author:Alison Eastwood
“When the media would call and want to interview me, I thought it was 'cause they really wanted to find out what I thought about things. I thought it was because they really wanted to find out who I am. That's not what they wanted. They already in their minds knew who I was and they didn't like it, and they wanted face-to-face opportunities to expose my defects and my problems and my racism and bigotry and all this.” WantMindProblemWantedFacesOpportunityCausesMediaRacismWho I AmInterviewsBigotryDefectsFace To Face Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have social media and the Internet and immigration and so, suddenly, cultures are clashing and people feel as if they're less familiar with the people around them. That causes social anxieties.” PeopleIfsFeelsCultureSocialCausesMediaInternetAnxietySocial MediaImmigrationFamiliarSocial Anxiety Author:Barack Obama