“In a media-saturated world, persistent hype lends unwarranted credulity to the wildest claims.” WorldMediaClaimsPersistentHypeCredulitySaturated Book:Next Source: Next
“The world comes second hand - fifth hand - to us and the illusion that it is fresh because it is shown as a picture of an actual place or is given as a 'true account' by some reporter who claims to have been 'there' divides man into incalculable parts without any true center.” MenWorldHas BeensHandsGivenMediaTelevisionIllusionAccountsClaimsMovieDividesReportersFifthSecond Hand Author:Josephine Herbst
“You have to constantly recreate yourself in show business, which is a very fast thing, especially now with the tremendous speed of social media. There are so many personalities, so many different kinds of comedy that you can access, so it’s definitely important to stake your claim and say who you are.” KindImportantDifferentShowsSocialComedyMediaPersonalityClaimsWho You AreSocial MediaSpeedAccessStakesDifferent KindsShow BusinessRecreate Yourself Author:Margaret Cho
“The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it.” ThinkingWarRealClassInfluenceMediaClaimsInstitutionsCourtCongressContraryFavorsMeaningfulEndlessChecksAdministrationEstablishmentDisputesSecrecyConstraintsBoundlessContinuation Author:Glenn Greenwald
“I'm here to encourage everyone to look at the data themselves, not just buy what they're told. I find that my standards for science are more important to me than anything else, and I hate to see them being depreciated by the alarmists' claims today. Politics and the media and what have you have allowed us now to be facing one of the biggest scientific hoaxes in history. That's what's being pushed on us.” LooksImportantTodayHateMediaStandardsI HateClaimsDataHoaxesAlarmists Author:Walter Cunningham
“One thing that struck me about going to those tech conferences was all the enthusiasm for free culture, and remixing, and social media, but people's greatest ambition was to be sponsored by Chipotle or something equivalent to that. It was this weird mix of collaborative, utopian claims and this total acquiescence to commercial imperatives.” PeopleCultureSocialOne ThingMediaAmbitionClaimsSocial MediaEnthusiasmConferencesImperativesUtopianAcquiescenceChipotle Author:Astra Taylor
“I've also found that trying to be active with social media changes my moment-to-moment perceptions. Instead of feeling, "What's the deepest version of what's happening here?" I start to feel, "How can I use [or "claim"] this?".” FeelsTryingMomentsUseFeelingsFoundSocialMediaPerceptionHappeningsClaimsSocial MediaActiveVersions Author:George Saunders
“The media, of course, loves to make claims about the fountain of youth. Don't believe it. No one has it. But we're getting close.” BelieveCoursesMediaYouthClaimsDon't BelieveFountainFountain Of Youth Author:Michio Kaku
“I don't claim to know a lot about Mexico, but I did talk to quite a number of left Mexican intelectuals, and they all said the same thing. That there's a lot of popular, kind of, concern and activism, but it is very fragmented. That the groups have very specific, narrow agendas and they don't interact and cooperate with one another. Ok, that's something you have to overcome to build a mass popular movement. And that's, media can help, but they also benefit from it.” KnowsKindSaidHelpingLeftNumbersGroupsMediaMovementBenefitsMassConcernOvercomingClaimsActivismAgendasMexicoMexicanFragmented Author:Noam Chomsky
“Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.” IfsLittlesHas BeensBitsOpinionHappenedOne ThingMediaEasierLittle BitClaimsObviousAccessWhat IfMainstreamTechnologicalProliferationPartisanshipMainstream MediaTechnological Change Author:William Kristol