“To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.” GovernmentMediaDangerousFiguresThreatChinaCriticalSymbolic Author:Ai Weiwei
“The rich plankton of pop heroes and pop villains on which we Americans are accustomed to feed, the daily media soup of sports figures, ax murderers, politicians, and rock singers, the ever-running river of celebs, heavies, and oddballs that we use to spice up our own relatively humdrum lives has of late become a very watery gruel. Where have all the good guys and bad guys gone? Why does everyone out there look so gray?” LooksDoeUseRunningGuySportsGoneRichRocksMediaFiguresHeroPoliticianLateRiversPopsSingersGrayVillainSoupMurdererAccustomedBad GuysSpicesGood GuyHumdrumOddballsCelebsPlankton Book:Talking woman Source: Talking woman
“Los Angeles people are incapable of passively mainlining TV and movies. Here you have to read who produced or directed every episode, who wrote it, who had guests shots and whether you know them personally and if they like you. You have to figure out who everybody's agent is and whether yours is better. You not only know but deeply care about the difference between such job titles as Producer, Supervising Producer, and Executive Story Editor. ... So while the rest of the country is lying stupid in a media-induced coma, people in L.A. are in constant withdrawal.” PeopleIfsKnowsCountryStoriesCareJobsLyingDifferencesMediaStupidFiguresTvsLike YouShotsHollywoodConstantProducersAgentsTitlesExecutivesLos AngelesEditorsGuestsEpisodesIncapableWithdrawalComaJob Titles Book:Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye Source: Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye
“The diversity revolution [in the news media] was supposed to increase readership and enhance credibility. Just the opposite has resulted. How long will it take the business to figure this out?” LongMediaFiguresRevolutionDiversityNewsOppositesIncreaseCredibilityNews MediaReadership Author:John Leo
“I just keep my ear to the street. I haven't read any music books recently, because I figure I read everything I need to know back when I was 12, 13 years old. I know pretty much everything about record publishing, radio stations. The only thing that's changed is you gotta keep up with social media. It's free promotion.” KnowsNeedsYearsBookSocialRecordsStreetsMediaHavensFiguresChangedEarsRadioSocial MediaStationsPublishingPromotionBack WhenRadio Stations Author:Juicy J
“A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.” PeopleWritingEnoughSocialCareersMediaFiguresCreatingAspectSocial MediaMomentumMerchandising Author:Tyler Hilton
“Damn it, if just 5% of people got motivated in some direction, and it doesn't necessarily have to be what I believe in, but if they just got motivated and stopped getting their political ideologies from the mainstream media, they would go out and figure out what they want.” PeopleIfsWantBelievePoliticalI BelieveMediaFiguresI Believe InIdeologyDamnMotivatedMainstreamMainstream MediaPolitical Ideology Author:Alex Jones
“I think the main figure that matters to all of us, including people in the media, is: How does GDP per capita grow? And those figures have been very good. There is a huge flux both up and down, so it isn't like we're all static in status. What's important is that pie grows.” PeopleThinkingDoeHas BeensImportantMatterGrowsMediaFiguresHugeIncludingVery GoodPieUp And DownStaticWhat's ImportantFluxGdp Author:Charlie Munger
“I go to social media, check out my granddaughter's new boyfriend, but the Department of Homeland Security can't figure out they need to be tracking they jihadi web sites?” NeedsSocialSecurityMediaFiguresSocial MediaChecksDepartmentSiteHomelandTrackingHomeland SecurityGranddaughterDepartment Of Homeland SecurityNew Boyfriend Author:Carly Fiorina
“One of the reasons I think that Donald Trump has been a popular figure, he's very available to the media. But he also has a reputation for and has a history of attacking people when he thinks they're not sufficiently deferential to him. I think that's clear.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensReasonClearMediaFiguresTrumpAvailableReputationAttacking Author:Michel Martin
“The reality is [Donald] Trump is just better at this game than they are. Blaming the media may be a convenient foil, but the reality is, he`s played the free media game better than they have. He has used the personal attack meme against them and literally created memes about them. They need to figure out how to play this game.” NeedsMayPlayRealityUsedGamesMediaFiguresTrumpBlameConvenientMemesFoilsPersonal Attacks Author:Chris Hayes
“The key question facing those of us working in the media (old and new) is whether we embrace and adapt to the radical changes brought about by the Internet or pretend that we can somehow hop into a journalistic Way Back Machine and return to a past that no longer exists and can't be resurrected. There is no question that, as the industry moves forward and we figure out the new rules of the road, there will be - and needs to be - a great deal of experimentation with new revenue models.” WayNeedsPastMovingDealsMediaFiguresKeysIndustryReturnInternetModelsMachinesEmbraceMoving ForwardRadicalHopsRevenueExperimentationJournalisticRadical ChangeOld And New Author:Arianna Huffington
“We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.” DoeCultureBlackCommunityWhiteAnswersClearCuttingMediaFiguresConversationConflictJudicialJudicial System Author:Mike Colter
“I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it has very effectively stood up to Donald Trump who has obvious fascist tendencies and his - who's a temptation like all authoritarian figures to try to crush the media or make it obey him. As that - the media has, in fact, stood up to him and has refused to bow out or cower.” WantTryingStatesDoneFactsHappensAmericaOne ThingMediaFiguresTrumpObviousTendenciesTemptationCrushBowsFascistsStood UpTotalitarian State Author:Tim Wu
“I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.” ThinkingMadeMysteryMediaStyleFiguresGlamourShadyLarger Than LifeManson Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Bear in mind that we [ with Edward Herman] did not devise the terms "manufacture of consent" and "engineering of consent." We borrowed them from leading figures in the media, public relations industry, and academic scholarship.” MindTermMediaFiguresIndustryBearsRelationAcademicEngineeringConsentScholarshipBorrowedPublic Relations Author:Noam Chomsky