“Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does.” DoeShowsCareTodayPassionStuffSoundDifferencesEffortActingMediaDoctorsConvictionEnormousConsumersMaking A DifferenceManipulationBitesConvincingMedia ManipulationActing OutSound BitesSpin Doctors Author:Bernardine Dohrn
“There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not sure that I agree. But I am sure that if you were talking about cutting the amount of money spent in politics, the media would have a strong interest in opposing you, because they make an enormous amount of money from political advertisements.” PeopleIfsNeedsPoliticalStrongInterestTalkingCuttingMediaAmountAgreeEnormousNot SureOpposingAdvertisements Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The more boring a newspaper is, the more it is respected. The most respected newspaper in the United States is The New York Times, which has thousands of reporters constantly producing enormous front-page stories about bauxite...The [New York] Post would write about bauxite only if famous celebrites were arrested for snorting it in an exclusive Manhattan nightclub.” IfsWritingStatesStoriesUnitedUnited StatesMediaFrontsNew YorkPagesBoringNewspapersEnormousPostsReportersExclusiveArrestedManhattanNew York TimesNightclubs Author:Dave Barry
“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
“Trump's - has great negatives, enormous negatives, a lot of people say they simply won't vote for him. So if he's gotten media, maybe it hasn't done him so much good.” PeopleIfsDoneMediaTrumpVoteEnormous Author:David Folkenflik
“Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.” ShouldMomentsAbleFacesSocialSilenceTakenMediaTvsSocial MediaAlcoholEnormousLuxuryGrantedEmpoweringEtcEngagementStillnessSilence IsTaken For GrantedStimulants Author:Romany Malco
“An enormous problem with paid media, especially at the congressional level, is it all starts to look alike.” LooksProblemLevelsMediaPaidEnormous Author:Roger Ailes