“[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass media - none more successful in mollifying opposition with reforms, isolating people from one another, creating patriotic loyalty.” PeopleSchoolAmericaChurchSituationSuccessfulMediaCreatingMassLoyaltyReformOppositionVotingPatrioticMass Media Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between “the accuser” and “the accused,” there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.” PersonsBloodMediaVictimFleshViolentOppositionAccusedCoverageFlesh And BloodBinaryAccusersMedia CoverageViolent Acts Author:Jackson Katz
“The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of editorial opinion that favors what you are doing or that the opposition doesn't have its voice, but you have to be able to effectively communicate your story through the media.” MeanImportantStoriesGovernmentAbleVoiceOpinionMediaBalanceCommunicateFavorsOppositionEditorials Author:Stephen Harper
“I think that you hear more opposition to the government in Venezuela than you would here in the United States. That's in the TV, in the radio and in the print media.” ThinkingStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMediaTvsRadioOppositionPrintVenezuelaPrint Media Author:Medea Benjamin
“The West is supporting, even financing the right-wing media, it is financing 'the opposition', encourages capital flight of billions of dollars, works closely with the local 'elites' to create 'deficits', 'uncertainty' and despair. It creates corruption scandals, and it even supports fake 'left' anti-government movements. And of course it is training and corrupting some key military cadres.” GovernmentCoursesLeftSupportMediaMilitaryMovementKeysDespairTrainingDollarsWingsWestCorruptionBillionsLocalsFlightUncertaintyFakeOppositionElitesScandalDeficitRight WingFinancingAnti GovernmentCadre Author:Andre Vltchek
“The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran]. There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.” VoiceNumbersHeardMediaOppositionIran Author:Akbar Ganji
“Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day.” PeopleGovernmentVoiceSpaceInterestingMediaOpposition Author:Narendra Modi
“I certainly think one of the really amazing things about Mr. Trump's victory is there's been an immediate - what one of my friends calls a jump-to-the-Trump in Australia. So you've got politicians of all sides looking at this amazing result in America and thinking, I'd like a bit of that. Can I have a bit of that? And so the opposition leader has been talking about immigrants stealing people's jobs. The prime minister has started talking about media elites in exactly the same terms as President-elect Trump.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensJobsAmericaBitsSidesPresidentTermResultsTalkingLeaderMediaTrumpVictoryPoliticianLaughterMy FriendsStealingMinistersOppositionAustraliaImmigrantsPrimeElitesPrime MinisterAmazing ThingsReally Amazing Author:Richard Glover
“The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.” StillsCountryStatesPresidentUnitedPartyUnited StatesMediaTrumpOppositionOpposition Parties Author:Kevin Drum
“In any case, to the extent that the media is dedicated to exposing lies and reporting the truth, it is indeed the opposition party to people like Bannon.” PeopleLyingPartyCasesMediaOppositionDedicatedExposingOpposition Parties Author:Kevin Drum