“As a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life.” Has BeensHomeSchoolResultsMediaMy FamilyEmployersIncidentsCoverageMedia Coverage Author:George Zimmerman
“When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between “the accuser” and “the accused,” there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.” PersonsBloodMediaVictimFleshViolentOppositionAccusedCoverageFlesh And BloodBinaryAccusersMedia CoverageViolent Acts Author:Jackson Katz
“The UN stopped using Chalabi's information as a basis for conducting inspections once the tenuous nature of his sources and his dubious motivations became clear. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the mainstream US media, which give prominent coverage to sources of information that, had they not been related to Hussein's Iraq, would normally be immediately dismissed.” GivingSaidMotivationClearMediaInformationSourceBasesIraqRelatedMainstreamHusseinCoverageProminentConductingDubiousInspection Author:Scott Ritter
“The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the less of it you get. As the war began to turn against the Communist guerillas in El Salvador, there was a palpable dip in the attention paid to it.” WarAmericaTurnsAttentionMediaMonthsNewsPaidPressesUglyCommunistCoverageDipCentral AmericaEl SalvadorUgly Truth Author:Fred Barnes
“But you will hardly ever read about them. Why? Because once again, the media has predetermined what is not worthy of coverage, even when the news item is something as uninteresting as the cosmic origin of every element in your body.” BodyCultureMediaElementsNewsWorthyYour BodyCosmicItemsCoverageNot WorthyPredetermined Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“My work on prime gaps lead to lots of media coverage, some good, some bad, some ugly, and some merely ridiculous. For example, a reporter of our university newspaper, who admitted that he is still learning English, wrote that "Prof. Goldston solved one of the most controversial problems in the prime number theory last month with support from his Turkish partner."” StillsProblemLastsScienceNumbersSupportMediaExampleTheoryMonthsMathematicsUniversityUglyPartnersRidiculousNewspapersGapsPrimeReportersControversialCoverageTurkishLearning EnglishPrime NumbersMedia Coverage Author:Daniel Goldston
“We've had 20 years of mass murders throughout which I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media, if you don't want to propagate more mass murders, don't start the story with sirens blaring. Don't have photographs of the killer. Don't make this 24/7 coverage. Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story, not to make the killer some kind of anti-hero. Do localize the story to the affected community and make it as boring as possible in every other market. Because every time we have intense saturation coverage of a mass murder, we expect to see one or two more within a week.” IfsWantYearsKindTwoStoriesBodyCommunityWeekMediaHeroMassMurderPhotographBoringIntenseAffectedKillersCan NotCoverageCnnSirensSaturationAnti Hero Author:Park Dietz
“I think there is a problem, though, with the media gushing over [Obama] too much. I don't think he thinks that he's all that, but the media does. I mean, the coverage after, that I was watching, from MSNBC, I mean these guys were ready to have sex with him.It's embarrassing.” ThinkingMeanDoeProblemGuySexToo MuchMediaReadyEmbarrassingCoverage Author:Bill Maher
“War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.” WarShowsMediaStyleTvsPlotTv ShowsViewersTwistsBlanketCoverageProliferationPhotojournalismMedia CoveragePlot Twists Author:David Burnett
“I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.” MadePresidentDecisionMediaRanCoverage Author:Michele Bachmann
“Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage.” MediaChangedTrumpStationsCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The media companies control whether a candidate gets "coverage" - which itself is tied to the knowledge of how much he or she has raised. The networks then know how much money the candidate is likely to spend on commercial airtime buys - so, this is a reinforcing system of legal corruption and quid pro quo news coverage.” KnowsCompanyKnow HowMediaNewsRaisedCorruptionCandidatesTiedCoverageQuid Pro QuoNews Coverage Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“The media coverage for Donald Trump has been almost cheerleading over the last couple weeks. And I'm convinced it's because many in the press want him to be the nominee.” WantHas BeensMediaTrumpPressesConvincedCoverageWant HimCheerleadingMedia Coverage Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald Trump has the benefit of the fact that he's dominated media coverage, I mean, literally dominated media coverage because of the outrageous things he says and so forth. That's going to end here. There's going to be real fight now for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. And it is not - I will do whatever it takes to prevent it from being taken over by a con artist.” HeartMeanRealSoulEndsFactsArtistFightingPartyTakenMediaMovementTrumpRepublicanBenefitsConservativeBeing RealRepublican PartyOutrageousHeart And SoulCoverageWhatever It TakesCon ArtistMedia Coverage Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm not at an extreme, but I do think that Donald Trump is a self-created creature. But the media has feasted on his spectacle and he wouldn't live without the attention. He's repaid the favor by attacking the press, but that's generated more reactive coverage.” ThinkingSelfAttentionMediaTrumpCreaturesPressesExtremesFavorsAttackingCoverage Author:David Folkenflik
“If you want to get unpaid media coverage, you had better be quotable. It's an interesting problem, because very few candidates are quotable.” IfsWantProblemInterestingMediaCandidatesCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Roger Ailes
“Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do an hour of political comedy, it might be a little rough, sure. But I think if you're spending 10 minutes or less, and you're talking about - not necessarily [Donald Trump] but his supporters and the media coverage, there's all kinds of angles to explore. It doesn't just have to be simply, "This guy is crazy!" It's more about the idea of that kind of guy rising to the prominence he has, to actually become the Republican candidate.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesIdeasMightHappensPoliticalGuyGirlHoursTalkingComedyCrazyMinutesMediaTrumpRepublicanSpendingAll KindsCandidatesRisingRoughSupporterAngleThis GuyCoverageProminenceMedia Coverage Author:David Cross
“Media coverage of the legislative fights is overwhelmingly negative for agriculture interests. The impression left among consumers is that the proponents had something to hide.” FightingLeftInterestMediaNegativeImpressionConsumersAgricultureCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Wayne Pacelle
“The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.” QualityMediaNewsGiantsPrintCoverageNews CoveragePrint Media Author:F. Lee Bailey
“More often than not, media coverage now mentions HIV-positive people in criminal contexts.” PeopleMediaCriminalsHivCoveragePositive PeopleHiv PositiveMedia Coverage Author:Sean Strub
“Sometime ago, I teamed up with a former Marine attack helicopter pilot. We were both frustrated by biased coverage of women in the military and said, let's form some kind of nonprofit entity where we can start highlighting the prevalence of bias in the media.” KindSaidFormMediaMilitaryFormerPilotsFrustratedEntityBiasMarineCoverageBiasedHelicoptersNonprofitsHighlightingMilitary Women Author:Paula Broadwell