“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
“The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.” WayWellsMayPlayMotivationClearWrittenModernCenturyMediaExampleTypePersonalityContemporaryManipulationSurprisingPettyAlliancesResonanceActualityGaddafiMubarak Author:Kevin Spacey
“It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.” PeopleWorldWritingBelieveMeanHas BeensSaidCountryHelpingStoriesCultureI BelieveWrittenMediaTalesRadicalChanging The WorldManipulationRewriting Author:Jennifer Beals
“Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media.” MillionsMediaConstantPopulationEducatedManipulationExesMisinformationColonists Author:Gore Vidal
“The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.” PeopleWarMemoriesCasesIssuesGenerationsMediaCreationIgnoranceWestIraqManipulationMy GenerationIraq WarMedia ManipulationInvading Iraq Author:Julian Assange
“What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.” JoyMediaManipulationMedia Manipulation Author:William Safire
“Walesa was a national hero, a true icon. The vast majority of Poles didn't believe a word the authorities said. They took everything the official media said about Walesa to be a manipulation by the Communist authorities.” BelieveSaidMediaHeroAuthorityMajorityOfficialsManipulationCommunistIcons Author:Slawomir Cenckiewicz
“...the worry over media manipulation of photographs pales beside the threat that we will be exposed to an unedited, unvetted picture world where all images seem equally important and equally trivial.” WorldImportantSeemsWorryMediaThreatPhotographManipulationExposedPaleMedia Manipulation Author:Andy Grundberg
“If we turn to the war in Kosovo, what do we find? We find the manipulation of the audience's emotions by the mass media.” IfsWarTurnsEmotionAudienceMediaMassManipulationMass MediaKosovo Author:Paul Virilio