“Why the increasing emphasis by professional age experts and the media on - and public acceptance of - the nursing home as the locus of age when, in fact, more than ninety percent of those over sixty-five continue to live in the community?” FactsHomeAgeCommunityFiveMediaAcceptancePercentOld AgeExpertsSixtyEmphasisNinetyNursingNursing Home Book:Fountain of Age Source: Fountain of Age
“I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.” HumansCountryHelpingKidsRaceMediaDrugFameHuman RaceEmphasisDon't TrustPlugs Author:Pete Seeger
“The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way.” PeopleWayTryingMediaBuildingMajoritySilentReportsDestroyingEmphasisSilent Majority Author:Tariq Ramadan
“All these people that you meet or I meet, there's not a prayer in hell that they're ever going to run for office or major office because if they're that smart, they're also smart enough to know they don't want to take everything that they've built up and have it torn apart by a sensationalized media that's so hungry for any kind of salacious detail that they'll make that the emphasis of the person's life. And then all of sudden, 50, 60 years of hard work and accomplishment go out the window.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsKindPersonsHardEnoughRunningPrayerHellMediaHard WorkOfficeMajorsSmartBuiltWindowDetailsHungryAccomplishmentTornEmphasisTorn Apart Author:Mitch Albom
“I still think there is a huge emphasis on how women look, whether it's fitting a certain mold to play a certain type of character, or the idea that we might have insecurities based on the standards we see in the media.” ThinkingLooksStillsIdeasPlayCharacterMightCertainMediaHugeTypeStandardsInsecurityEmphasisMoldFitting Author:Lily Collins