“I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry at the Bush administration; I'm angry at the right wing media. And by that I don't mean the media is right wing. I mean, there is a part of the media that's not the mainstream media. That's Fox, that is 'The Wall Street Journal' editorial page.” ThinkingMeanPersonsStreetsMediaWallPagesAngryWingsAdministrationMainstreamJournalFoxesRight WingEditorialsMainstream MediaWall Street JournalAngry Person Author:Al Franken
“To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It's - I think they might use too much oil in their hummus - but it's the wrong question.” ThinkingUseMightAsksToo MuchMediaAskingConservativeOilAlsMainstreamBiasMainstream MediaMight UseHummus Author:Al Franken
“It’s becoming obvious to most that mainstream media is nothing but a megaphone for the global elite to present biased news that’s designed to align the masses with their agenda.” MediaBecomingNewsMassObviousAgendasElitesMainstreamBiasedMainstream Media Author:James Morcan
“What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.” MediaMaterialsBackgroundsMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Jimmy Wales
“Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we commonly encounter in the mainstream media. With succinct and elegant prose, and with no axe to grind, he exposes the hypocrisy of Western attitudes toward Iran.” ImportantSometimesVoiceAttitudeMediaWestWesternMythDebatePropagandaEncountersHypocrisyProseIranProgressiveMainstreamElegantGrindMainstream Media Author:Hooman Majd
“When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response.” CultureBlackComedyMediaBehaviorIntellectualResponseSatireArchitectMainstreamInvasionMainstream MediaBlack Comedy Author:John Cusack
“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
“My experience is that journalists report on the nearest-cliche algorithm, which is extremely uninformative because there aren't many cliches, the truth is often quite distant from any cliche, and the only thing you can infer about the actual event was that this was the closest cliche. It is simply not possible to appreciate the sheer awfulness of mainstream media reporting until someone has actually reported on you. It is so much worse than you think.” ThinkingMediaEventsTruth IsAppreciateJournalistReportsMainstreamClosestSheerClicheAlgorithmsMainstream MediaAwfulness Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Yesterday the Soros -funded far left group Media Matters made a big issue of Pat Robertson's idiotic statement that the US should assassinate Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Today Robertson's comment is all over mainstream media. Are we supposed to think it's news that Robertson has a few screws loose?” ThinkingShouldMadeMatterBigsTodayLeftIssuesGroupsMediaNewsYesterdayStatementsCommentMainstreamDictatorScrewsIdioticMainstream MediaChavezVenezuelans Author:Charles Foster Johnson
“Independent documentary isnt beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. Its a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in an in-depth, investigative fashion, and it can do so with a compassionate lens; it allows people to speak in a way that is more human than the mainstream media approach.” PeopleWayHumansSpeakInterestCan DoMediaFashionApproachIndependentDepthCompassionateMainstreamDocumentariesLensesPathwaysMainstream MediaRenegades Author:Josh Fox
“There is a clear intent to keep Christian thinking out of the mainstream of the media and the nation's political life.” ThinkingChristianPoliticalNationsReligiousClearMediaMainstreamPolitical Life Author:Erwin W. Lutzer
“I sense a general hostility toward Christianity among the literary and media establishments in our country. There is a tendency to keep Christian thinking out of the mainstream, to marginalize it and make it look like a product of 'fringe' groups.” ThinkingLooksCountryChristianReligiousChristianityGroupsMediaProductsTendenciesOur CountryEstablishmentMainstreamHostilityFringe Book:Book burning Source: Book burning
“WikiLeaks serves as a back-up for those who want to tell the truth about the inner workings of government when the mainstream media is not willing or taking too long to publish.” WantLongGovernmentMediaWillingTelling The TruthMainstreamPublishMainstream MediaWikileaks Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“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
“Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.” TurnsMediaMissingVoteSenateMainstreamMarcosMainstream Media Author:Kevin Drum
“Finally, a prominent nation is taking on the homosexual agenda and rejecting it outright. A number of African nations have done the same, but third-world countries are not newsworthy to mainstream media. The irony is stunning that a Communist nation would understand that preserving the value of men and women marrying and producing children makes for demographic survival, while many American Christian leaders cower in the shadows, in fear of activist homosexuals and their leftist supporters. I say 'cheers' to the Russians on this one. That nation will probably outlive America.” MenWorldChildrenCountryDoneChristianAmericaValuesNationsNumbersLeaderMediaSurvivalMen And WomenShadowThirdsIronyAgendasActivistCommunistCheerMainstreamSupporterHomosexualThird WorldMarryingStunningDemographicsRejectingProminentLeftistsMainstream MediaThird World CountriesChristian LeadersNewsworthy Author:Sylvia Thompson
“I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the fan. And with indie culture that wall is removed. You actually do see the musicians walking around enjoying the show. It's a distinctly different culture and for the 99% of Nirvana fans that caught up with them with Nevermind, my book is gonna give them a whole different take on Kurt [Cobain] and the band.” ThinkingGivingBookDifferentWholeShowsArtistCultureEnjoyFansMediaHugeWallWalkingBandMusicianCaughtPopsOur SocietyDividesMainstreamCaught UpPop CultureDifferent CulturesMainstream MediaCobainNevermind Author:Bruce Pavitt
“I think the reporter or journalist is well served by having a responsibility to the powerless, to use a much-abused cliché. The voice of the powerless is in some danger of not being heard in the elite discourses we now have in the mainstream media.” ThinkingWellsUseVoiceResponsibilityHeardMediaDangerJournalistElitesMainstreamReportersDiscoursePowerlessMainstream Media Author:Pankaj Mishra
“People are telling me they're praying for me. They're proud of me. They're thankful for the things I've said in the mainstream media. I have to give the glory to God for that.” PeopleGivingSaidMediaProudPrayingGloryMainstreamGlory Of GodMainstream MediaProud Of Me Author:Marc Martel
“I have really strong feelings about sex scenes in movies. I care a lot about sexuality and how it's depicted in mainstream media, period, but what I know is movies, and what I find is that they tend to be kind of one-note.” KnowsKindFeelingsCareStrongSexMediaPeriodsSceneNotesSexualityBe KindMainstreamI CareMainstream MediaStrong Feeling Author:Desiree Akhavan
“Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesImportantUseProblemMightBitsToo MuchMediaLittle BitAskingConservativeOilDryAlsMainstreamBiasAl QaedaMainstream MediaHummus Author:Al Franken
“Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time.” HumansPoliticalPresidentHuman BeingsImpossibleMediaInformationPoliticianMembersWorshipLowsPraiseExcuseOpponentsOur TimeVotersAttributesCapabilityMainstreamFinestSyndromesMainstream MediaPolitical Opponents Author:Ben Shapiro
“The behavior of the Occupy Wall Street protesters has raised some curious questions about the continuing double standards in our society. When it comes to fascistic leftist behavior, our mainstream media overlooks and excuses it - while conservatives are demonized and blamed for every dead sparrow that falls from the sky.” FallSkyStreetsMediaWallBehaviorStandardsRaisedExcuseCuriousOur SocietyMainstreamContinuingDouble StandardLeftistsSparrowsMainstream MediaOccupy Wall Street Author:Jamie Glazov
“Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.” KindSpiritualVoiceCreativeSubjectsMediaOffersAspectInsightMinistersCompassionateMainstreamWebsiteArtistryCreative ArtBarbaraMainstream MediaGuerrillas Author:Aberjhani
“Mainstream media: 80% stuff someone told them. 10% stupidity. 10% arrogance.” StuffMediaStupidityArroganceMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Seth Roberts
“Historically the mainstream media has never been particularly friendly to any socially progressive ideas.” IdeasMediaFriendlyProgressiveMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Janeane Garofalo
“I would say that, unfortunately, the word liberal has been redefined over the last 30 years as if it is a bad thing. But liberalism is a great American philosophy. Being a liberal is one of the best things you can be. I don't think they get a fair shake at all in the conservative mainstream media. So maybe there's some intimidation there.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensPhilosophyLastsMediaFairsConservativeBest ThingsLiberalismShakesBad ThingsMainstreamIntimidationGreat AmericanMainstream Media Author:Janeane Garofalo
“I mean, MTV or the mainstream media can tell you one thing, but when there are 40,000 people in front of you, who cares about all that?” PeopleMeanCareOne ThingMediaFrontsMainstreamWho CaresMtvMainstream Media Author:Sebastian Bach
“The IPCC - and all the mainstream media and environmental extremists who cite it uncritically - really have become a joke in the scientific community.” CommunityMediaJokesEnvironmentalMainstreamExtremistMainstream MediaCiting Author:Joseph L. Bast
“Referring to professor Muller's Berkely Earth Surface Temperature Project, "The Best project's treatment of science and of the public has been shoddy. That so many so-called reporters in the mainstream media should have been so uncritical and accepting of what was clearly misrepresentation is shocking. Once again they have been found to be supporters and advocates for a particular point of view when they should have been critical commentators and journalists. Climate science is important. It deserves better.” ShouldHas BeensImportantEarthFoundViewsAcceptingMediaParticularProjectsDeserveShould HaveClimateCriticalSurfacePoint Of ViewJournalistTreatmentProfessorsMainstreamReportersSupporterShockingTemperatureShould Have BeenCommentatorsReferringMainstream MediaMisrepresentationDeserve Better Author:David Robert Whitehouse
“Mainstream media would convince you that there's commercial culture and that's all - but this other music is still here.” StillsCultureMediaMusic IsConvinceMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Michelle Shocked
“For me, the part of reporting that's the most rewarding and energizing is just hearing directly from people whose voices haven't often been heard, or incorporated into mainstream media. That stuff is really, really gratifying, and so to realize that you could make a career of that part of it, that appealed to me.” PeopleStuffVoiceRealizingCareersHeardMediaHavensHearingMainstreamMainstream MediaEnergizing Author:Sarah Stillman
“It is ludicrous to believe that he meant nuclear weapons can be used. It is truly fearful to see how the mainstream media in the west can construct an adversary and that there are so few dissenting voices.” BelieveUsedVoiceMediaWeaponsWestNuclearFearfulMainstreamNuclear WeaponsConstructsAdversariesMainstream Media Author:Mohammad Marandi
“Americans should know that Iranians are just as decent, human and rational as other human beings. Sadly, the mainstream media in the U.S. regularly fails to recognize and reflect this.” KnowsShouldHumansHuman BeingsFailingMediaRationalDecentMainstreamMainstream MediaBeing Sad Author:Mohammad Marandi
“I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're real events that happen in real time, and there are all of these different characters experiencing the same thing in different parts of the movie ... I am so bad at explaining my films. But it's in the world of finance and the world of media, and how they connect. It was a big undertaking. A big, mainstream movie, which stars Julia Roberts and George Clooney. But for me, it's really just a small story about character and people.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldDifferentRealCharacterStoriesBigsHappensFilmStarsMediaDogEventsFinanceAfternoonMainstreamExplainingUndertakingsJuliaDifferent CharactersDog Days Author:Jodie Foster
“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will go crazy on that?” IfsThinkingMenWantMadeCasesCrazyMediaTrumpRepublicanCrossesCourtUniversityCommittedFraudMainstreamI Want YouMarcosMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“I think many of the mainstream media players are liberal Democrats. They intend to vote for Hillary [Clinton]. They believed Donald [Trump] was the easiest candidate for Hillary to beat.” ThinkingPlayerMediaTrumpBeatsVoteClintonDemocratCandidatesMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“I think conspiracy theories have gotten more and more close to the mainstream because what you've got is a fragmentation of the media, where the media becomes much more polarized today, left and right.” ThinkingTodayLeftMediaTheoryConspiracyMainstreamConspiracy TheoryLeft And RightFragmentation Author:Tony Blair
“The consensual seduction of the mainstream media by and with the government is one of the most dangerous toxins at work in America today.” GovernmentTodayAmericaMediaDangerousMainstreamSeductionMainstream MediaAmerica TodayToxins Author:Bill Moyers
“Donald Trump's fought, quite frankly, the entire mainstream media, who is always, you know, who's always counted him out, never thought he could do this, who's always put him down.” KnowsMediaTrumpMainstreamMainstream Media Author:Eric Trump
“I'm completely perplexed how someone who has most of the mainstream media for Hillary Clinton, well all the mainstream media, well most of the media for her, she's got a sitting president - a sitting First Lady far more popular than she'll ever supposed to be, a former president also her husband, the sitting vice president, a thousand people working in Brooklyn, she has all these states locked up and she can't crack 50% and stay there.” PeopleFirstsWellsStatesPresidentMediaThousandHusbandSittingClintonVicesFormerSupposed To BeCracksMainstreamLockedBrooklynVice PresidentFirst LadyLocked UpMainstream MediaPerplexed Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I'm a former lefty, I understand how vicious these people are, I understand that they feel they have the right to control the sandbox, and I am trying to orchestrate media that isn't just out there to push the right-of-center Libertarian narrative, I'm out there to destroy the false order, the false control that the left has in controlling the mainstream media in America.” PeopleFeelsTryingAmericaOrderLeftMediaLibertarianFormerNarrativeMainstreamViciousMainstream MediaLeftiesSandbox Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I'm sick of the pussies on the right, if I can use that word, they're pathetic. The poll-tested, Republican strategist driven candidate whose job is to try and not get into a battle with the mainstream media and be liked by Katie Couric is a threat to America. It's a clear and present danger to a country that's in steep peril.” IfsTryingI CanCountryUseJobsAmericaClearMediaDangerRepublicanBattleSickThreatDrivenCandidatesMainstreamTestedPollsPerilPatheticSteepPussyStrategistKatieMainstream Media Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I want the ones that stood up for the Tea Party when the Tea Party was being pilloried by the mainstream media. I like the Bachmanns and the Palins and the Wests and I like the Herman Cains, I like Thaddeus McCotter, I like fighters, and I don't like the poll-tested ones.” WantPartyMediaWestFighterTeaMainstreamTestedPollsTea PartyPalinStood UpCainMainstream Media Author:Andrew Breitbart
“The Democratic Party has formed a perfect union with the mainstream media to scare Republicans, to say that they're gonna be called racists or sexists or homophobic if they reach out to minorities.” IfsPerfectPartyMediaRepublicanUnionsDemocraticMinoritiesRacistScareReach OutMainstreamDemocratic PartyMainstream MediaHomophobic Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Those of us and so many other stalwart critics and opponents and questioners and dissidents in conservative media were attacked for doing what those people in the mainstream media should have been doing. Do your job! Subject these political candidates to the same amount of scrutiny that you are now trying to compensate for with the incoming Trump administration!” PeopleShouldTryingHas BeensJobsPoliticalSubjectsMediaTrumpAmountShould HaveCriticsConservativeAdministrationOpponentsCandidatesMainstreamShould Have BeenScrutinyMainstream MediaDissidentsStalwartPolitical Candidates Author:Michelle Malkin
“Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.” IfsLittlesHas BeensBitsOpinionHappenedOne ThingMediaEasierLittle BitClaimsObviousAccessWhat IfMainstreamTechnologicalProliferationPartisanshipMainstream MediaTechnological Change Author:William Kristol