“The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.” WellsSelfRealitySeemsPartyDemocracyMediaCongressOfficialsMatureSovietRhetoricUnworthyCommentatorsConcealingUnanimitySanctimonious Book:At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
“The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence agencies, these so-called "assets", the spies on the payroll of the CIA, and drug dealers. Don't let members of Congress and the media get away with this complacency and distortion!” IfsLooksWarWholeMediaDrugMembersLet MeCongressOperationsTiesAgencyGet AwayAssetsSpyComplacencyCiaDistortionDealerWar On DrugsDrug DealersPayrollIntelligence Agencies Author:Jerry Brown
“The same people own the media that own the White House that own the Congress that own the oil fields. They all work together to give a false view of the world to the American people.” PeopleWorldGivingTogetherHouseWhiteViewsMediaFieldsCongressOilWorking TogetherWhite HouseOil Field Author:Gore Vidal
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentProblemGrowsSoundMediaPoliticianConflictDiseaseConcernedComplexesCongressProfitDebateTendenciesDataAnalysisSensitivePrizeCooperationBitesStaffSymptomsDifferent PlacePartisansMaineSound BitesIncivility Author:Tom Allen
“Because of a mass media more interested in gossip and sensationalism than real issues, I would say a vast majority of the American public doesn't have a clue about how the Congress functions and what goes on.” RealIssuesMediaGoes OnMassFunctionMajorityCongressGossipClueMass MediaSensationalism Author:Bernie Sanders
“Why don't Republicans spend all their airtime attacking the media for lying about what Obama's amnesty does and what the Democrats are doing? It's hard to avoid concluding that Republicans aren't trying to make the right arguments. In fact, it kind of looks like they're intentionally throwing the fight on amnesty. If a Republican majority in both houses of Congress can't stop Obama from issuing illegal immigrants Social Security cards and years of back welfare payments, there is no reason to vote Republican ever again.” IfsTryingYearsLooksKindDoeHardReasonFactsLyingFightingHouseSocialSecurityMediaRepublicanArgumentVoteMajorityDemocratCongressCardsWelfareImmigrantsNo ReasonIllegalThrowingSocial SecurityAttackingPaymentIllegal ImmigrantsAmnestyConcluding Author:Ann Coulter
“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
“The Media are corporations so... It's the concentrations of private power which have an enormous, not total control, but enormous influence over Congress and the White House and that's increasing sharply with sharp concentration of private power and escalating cost of elections and so on.” HouseWhiteInfluenceMediaCostElectionCongressEnormousCorporationsConcentrationWhite HouseEscalating Author:Noam Chomsky
“The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems by raising taxes on the rich. If Americans were more informed, such a message would be insulting to our intelligence. There are not enough rich people to satisfy Congress' appetite.” PeopleIfsEnoughProblemWould BeRichMediaPoliticianTaxesMessagesNewsCongressSolveBudgetsAppetiteComing OutRich PeopleInsultingLeftistsNews MediaRaising Taxes Author:Walter E. Williams
“I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think people would be - would love to see an expose like that.” PeopleThinkingLooksWould BeAmericaWishViewsMediaCongressAmerican Media Author:Michele Bachmann
“I first met Nelson Mandela when I was in my late 20s, in 1993. I was helping facilitate an African National Congress (ANC) workshop to plan its media strategy. I went down to meet him for the first time and you know me I got stupid... I just choked. I said, "Hello Madiba, it's a real honour to meet you," and I couldn't get another word out.” KnowsFirstsSaidRealHelpingPlansMediaStupidMetsLateFirst TimeStrategyCongressHonourKnow MeHelloWorkshopsNelsonFacilitateMadiba Author:Kumi Naidoo