“All these people that you meet or I meet, there's not a prayer in hell that they're ever going to run for office or major office because if they're that smart, they're also smart enough to know they don't want to take everything that they've built up and have it torn apart by a sensationalized media that's so hungry for any kind of salacious detail that they'll make that the emphasis of the person's life. And then all of sudden, 50, 60 years of hard work and accomplishment go out the window.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsKindPersonsHardEnoughRunningPrayerHellMediaHard WorkOfficeMajorsSmartBuiltWindowDetailsHungryAccomplishmentTornEmphasisTorn Apart Author:Mitch Albom
“You can see our media appearances as well as connect to Our Power to the People Agenda, Our Green New Deal, our plan to abolish student debt and our plan to actually create a whole new foreign policy based on international law and human rights.” PeopleHumansWellsWholeLawDealsRightsPlansMediaPolicyStudentsGreenInternationalHuman RightsAppearanceDebtAgendasForeign PolicyAbolishInternational LawNew Deal Author:Jill Stein
“What's happening is that the will of the people, the declared opinion of the people, who want more agendas, more ideas, more sensible redirections reforms in our country, are being thwarted by the mechanism of keeping third-party candidates, who are on more than enough States theoretically to get an electoral vote majority, to keep them off the mass media, the commercial media, to keep them off the debates.” PeopleWantIdeasCountryStatesEnoughPartyOpinionMediaMassHappeningsVoteThirdsMajorityDebateOur CountryReformCandidatesAgendasSensibleMechanismMass MediaThird PartiesRedirection Author:Ralph Nader
“We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention.” PeopleThinkingHappensDifficultAttentionMediaHorribleHorrible Things Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Though your major media kept smacking me upside the head with the word "multicultural," you goddamned Australians are the most racist bunch of people I've ever seen in my life.” PeopleMediaMajorsBunchRacistMulticultural Author:Jim Goad
“Crimes are being committed 24/7, 365 days a year. My show aired one hour a day, and then a repeat at 2 a.m. So I am launching a website, a crime-fighting website, a community. I will be writing for the website and curating content. Also, we'll have social media, Facebook Live, and a podcast. I'm really excited about it, and I believe we will help people - find missing people, solve unsolved homicides.” PeopleWritingYearsBelieveHelpingShowsFightingI BelieveSocialCommunityHoursMediaMissingCrimeCommittedExcitedSocial MediaSolveRepeatsWebsiteOne HourHomicideLaunching Author:Nancy Grace
“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
“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
“There are a lot of lessons that people can take from me, that they can start to apply because I don't think that I can beat the Democrat Media Complex by myself.” PeopleThinkingI CanMediaLessonsBeatsDemocratComplexes Author:Andrew Breitbart
“My goal is to try to weaponize the American people, try to weaponize the conservative movement, try to weaponize the underground conservative Hollywood movement, to weaponize as many people in the center-right country to try to rectify a generation-plus long problem that has been absolute media bias, absolute media used by the Democratic Party as a tool to defeat conservatives.” PeopleTryingLongHas BeensCountryProblemUsedGoalPartyGenerationsMediaMovementToolsHollywoodAbsolutesDemocraticDefeatConservativePlusBiasDemocratic PartyMedia BiasRectify Author:Andrew Breitbart
“The viciousness, the lack of rules, is so absolute within the leftist framework that the ends justify the means, that my media is very much organized to try and go toe-to-toe with those people to say we know what your motivations are, we know how vicious you are, but we are not afraid of you.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanEndsMotivationKnow HowMediaAbsolutesOrganizedJustifyNot AfraidToesViciousFrameworkLeftistsEnds Justify The Means Author:Andrew Breitbart
“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
“If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece of the MLK dinner. Why am I the only one who has the guts to stand up to this Democrat Media Complex that insists that black people must exist on the Democrat plantation.” PeopleIfsBlackRightsMediaAskingDemocratComplexesDinnerCivil RightsGutsRacistActivistBlack People1960sPlantationsCenterpieces Author:Andrew Breitbart
“A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything... What they don't tell you, and are maybe unaware of, is that they are allowed to write freely because their beliefs conform to the... standard doctrinal system, and then, yes, they are allowed to write freely and are not coerced.” PeopleThinkingWritingBeliefHonestMediaSeriousInvolvedStandardsConformHonest People Author:Noam Chomsky
“People who don't accept that doctrinal system, they may try to survive in the media, but they are unlikely to.” PeopleTryingMayAcceptingMediaUnlikely Author:Noam Chomsky
“A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything.” PeopleThinkingWritingHonestMediaSeriousInvolvedHonest People Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they reach a huge audience. And they're very uniform. So right wing, I don't think you can even find an analog in your, but they reach a mass audience, and their view is that the corporations are liberal. Their appeal to the population is, "the country is run by liberals, they own the corporations, they run the government, they own the media, and they don't care about us ordinary people."” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantCountryStatesFactsShowsGovernmentCareRunningInterestingUnitedViewsUnited StatesAudienceMediaHugeMassOrdinaryWingsPopulationDon't CareAppealsCorporationsUniformsOrdinary PeopleVery InterestingRight WingTalk ShowsAnalog Author:Noam Chomsky
“If those were Donald Trump people doing that after a Hillary Clinton election, I think a lot of people be - a lot of that - there would be a lot more anger in the media at the fact that they're protesting a legitimately decided election.” PeopleIfsThinkingFactsWould BeMediaTrumpDecidedElectionClinton Author:Rudy Giuliani
“One out of five voters voted on this, and 70 percent of the issues that people voted on issues and they thought the media was inventing the controversy. It is no like they didn't hold him accountable - the Supreme Court is number one.” PeopleNumbersIssuesFiveMediaPercentCourtSupremeVotersSupreme CourtControversyInventing Author:Mary Matalin
“The American people are growing extremely unhappy with establishment politics, with establishment economics, and you know what else? Even with establishment media.” PeopleKnowsGrowingMediaEconomicsUnhappyEstablishment Author:Bernie Sanders
“One of the things that drives Trump's popularity is that he sticks it to these people in the media. And people love seeing that.” PeopleSeeingMediaTrumpSticksPopularity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People love hearing Trump tell a media person, "You're stupid, what kind of question is that? You have no idea what you're talking about, let me tell you what -" They love that. Nobody ever talks back to 'em. Nobody ever gets on their case.” PeopleKindPersonsIdeasTalkingCasesMediaStupidTrumpLet MeHearingNo IdeaEmsYou Re Stupid Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump said: I, Donald Trump, yes, I am going to take on the entire establishment. I'm going to take on the political establishment. I am going to take on the economic establishment. I'm going to take on the media establishment. And I think a lot of people responded positively to that message.” PeopleThinkingSaidPoliticalEconomicMediaTrumpMessagesEstablishmentPositively Author:Bernie Sanders
“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
“More often than not, media coverage now mentions HIV-positive people in criminal contexts.” PeopleMediaCriminalsHivCoveragePositive PeopleHiv PositiveMedia Coverage Author:Sean Strub
“Donald Trump understood the dynamics of the new media system better than the people who ran the old media system.” PeopleMediaTrumpUnderstoodRanDynamicsNew Media Author:Van Jones
“I find that I have improved in my craft and I have improved considerably in my ability to critique other people's artwork. I forgot to mention that my course of study at the Art Institute is BSC in Media Arts and Animation.” PeopleArtCoursesAbilityStudyMediaCraftsAnimationCritiqueInstituteArtwork Author:St. Lucia
“I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.” PeopleThinkingSeemsNamesStuffInterestMediaTrumpHigherConflictConcernSellsConflict Of Interest Author:Rand Paul
“I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want to believe. This is reality, I'm telling you the reality from our country. We live here, we know what is happening, and they have to listen to people here. They cannot listen only to their media or to their research centers. They don't live here ; no one lives here but us.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelieveCountryRealityClearHonestMediaHappeningsResearchAskingOur CountryOfficials Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.” PeopleArtYoungSocialMediaCommunicationSocial MediaActiveActivismArt Music Author:Neil Young
“You have social media and the Internet and immigration and so, suddenly, cultures are clashing and people feel as if they're less familiar with the people around them. That causes social anxieties.” PeopleIfsFeelsCultureSocialCausesMediaInternetAnxietySocial MediaImmigrationFamiliarSocial Anxiety Author:Barack Obama
“All the media is anymore is the Democrat Party's agenda, the Democrat Party's political desires and objectives presented as "the news" and also presented as popularly supported by the American people.” PeoplePoliticalDesirePartyMediaNewsDemocratObjectivesAgendas Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.” PeopleSocialMediaInformationChangedSocial MediaReceiving Author:Barack Obama
“If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not. And particularly in an age of social media where so many people are getting their information in sound bites and snippets off their phones, if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems.” PeopleIfsFactsProblemAgeSocialSoundMediaInformationSeriousArgumentPhonesSocial MediaPropagandaBitesSound Bites Author:Barack Obama
“Of course the media loves stuff like that so they find this one Rockette. It's like you can have 10,000 people at a rally for [Donald] Trump and 200 people outside, and the 200 people outside make the news.” PeopleCoursesStuffMediaLike YouTrumpNews Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think New Yorkers - they're media savvy. People have a sense of humor.” PeopleThinkingMediaSense Of HumorNew YorkersSavvy Author:Billy Eichner
“I do worry about the press and a President Trump. You know, I think it's dangerous the entire de-legitimization that he's engaged in against all of the media because the people, as much as it's fun to hate us, they do need us. You know, they need good, strong skeptical journalists to be covering whoever it is, whether it's Barack Obama or President Donald Trump.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsHateStrongFunPresidentWorryMediaDangerousTrumpPressesBarackJournalistEngagedSkepticalCovering Author:Megyn Kelly
“I treasure the fact there's media freedom, but with that goes responsibility. I think that there should be a self-regulatory organization and that they should start to think about standards. Because I think a lot of people say, "I don't know how to read what is true versus somebody else's interpretation."” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldSelfFactsResponsibilityKnow HowMediaStandardsOrganizationTreasureInterpretationVersus Author:Ray Dalio
“We don't know what truth is anymore. You or other media people can say there's no problem, but you're losing your credibility. There's distortion, and it's hurting our society. And as a result of that, there will be forces that, one way or another, are going to naturally bring that into equilibrium.” PeopleKnowsWayProblemForceHurtResultsMediaTruth IsLosingOne WayOur SocietyNo ProblemCredibilityDistortionEquilibrium Author:Ray Dalio
“Globalization combined with technology, combined with social media and constant information, have disrupted people's lives sometimes in very concrete ways; a manufacturing plant closes and suddenly an entire town no longer has what was the primary source of employment.” PeopleWaySometimesSocialTechnologyMediaInformationSourceTownsConstantPlantSocial MediaEmploymentPrimariesConcreteGlobalizationManufacturingPrimary Source Author:Barack Obama
“That's the Holy Grail right now for the whole media industry, and so that's where most of our efforts are going to: How do we get people to pay for this, and to continue to pay for it as there's more and more competition for their attention?” PeopleWholeEffortPayAttentionMediaIndustryHolyRight NowCompetitionHoly Grail Author:Maria Rodale
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“I do believe that with more worldwide influences, the coming of the internet age and digital media, the flow of information is far greater, and people's understanding can expand more easily.” PeopleBelieveAgeUnderstandingGreaterInfluenceMediaInformationInternetFlowDigitalDigital Media Author:Kabir Bedi
“People would publish their websites; other people would read them. But there was no real back and forth other than through e-mail. Web 2.0 was what they called the collaborative web - Facebook, Twitter, the social media.” PeopleRealSocialMediaSocial MediaMailPublishWebsiteBack And ForthWeb 2.0 Author:Edward Snowden
“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 boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But a lot of people are still unaware that I never intended to end up in Russia. They're not aware that journalists were live-tweeting pictures of my seat on the flight to Latin America I wasn't able to board because the US government revoked my passport.” PeopleStillsEndsGovernmentAbleAmericaReadingTalkingMediaInformationPaperRussiaFlightJournalistBoardsSeatsLatinPapersLatin AmericaPassports Author:Edward Snowden
“People continually ask me, "Why does the media do what it does? Why are they so obviously self-destructive? Why are they so obviously predictable? Why is the media so obviously biased? Do they not see how other people see?" No, they don't. But then again, they don't care, folks.” PeopleDoeSelfCareAsksMediaFolksDon't CareAsk MeDestructivePredictableBiasedSelf Destructive Author:Rush Limbaugh
“They are evil people, the press, the media, they are bad people, and nobody, nobody lies like they do.” PeopleLyingEvilMediaPressesBad PeopleEvil People Author:Donald Trump
“Obamacare is an absolute disaster! And half the country knows it's a disaster because the alternative media read the bill and told you what's in it and gave you the absolute anti-American contents to this piece-of-garbage bill. Half of the country doesn't know what's in it. They think it's free health care because that's what Obama's been out lying to people, you keep your doctor, keep your plan and your premium's coming down $2,500. People were lied to through his teeth. And they believed him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryCareLyingHalfPiecesPlansMediaDoctorsAbsolutesBillsDisasterTeethAlternativesHealth CareGarbageLiedObamacarePremiumAnti-american Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The system happens to be Washington and the way politics works, because whatever it is, it isn't working. It defies common sense. And part and parcel of this, right in the middle of it is the media and their lying and their distorting and their favoritism and their efforts to impugn and destroy people like us who want to stop this mess that's been progressing in a deteriorating way for way too many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsHappensLyingCommonEffortProgressMiddleMediaCommon SenseMessWorking ItParcelDeterioratingFavoritism Author:Rush Limbaugh