“Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.” MediaMissingPressureJust Being Author:Pedro Martinez
“When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.” WayLiteratureMediaReaderBlessingPressureDollarsMarketplaceDukesPatron Author:David Talbot
“Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. If there's a criticism to be made today, it's that the press isn't doing enough to put the pressure on the government to provide information.” IfsKnowsMadeEnoughGovernmentTodayNamesMediaInformationDutyCriticismPressurePresses Author:Walter Cronkite
“The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting legal weapons really, they don't just gag the press, they gag them from mentioning the existence of the gag. Sport belongs in a news bulletin about as much as a mummified cat's head belongs in a Caesar salad. Combine the "mounting pressure" with the "growing cause" and you've got yourself a "media whirlwind" which you can also refer to.” TryingMightCausesSportsInterestingExistenceGrowingMediaWeaponsNewsCatPressurePressesEnvironmentalReportsCatastropheSaladWhirlwindGagsCaesar Salad Author:Charlie Brooker
“Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's this, it's that. Ask any saloon owner what's happened to social life in America in the past 12 years and they'll tell you it's a different world and these people are strongly misinformed by the media, peer pressure.” PeopleWorldDifferentAmericaPoliticalAsksSocialHappenedMediaPressureSexualityAidsOwnersStemPeersRepressionSocial LifeDifferent WorldsMisinformationPeer PressureSaloonsHerpes Author:Jack Nicholson
“Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless you lived in New York, so there wasn't as much pressure to present a respectable exterior. And secondly, there was no social media. So if you were found face down on the floor - people did do that quite a bit; usually men, but not always - or fell through plate glass windows or got into scrapes, it became a rumor, and rumors are hard to pin down.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWritingHardReasonFacesFoundSocialBitsCareersMediaNew YorkCoupleWindowPressureGlassesSocial MediaPlatesRumorPinsRespectableOnce Upon A TimeExterior Author:Margaret Atwood
“The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it's not getting to me.” IfsBelieveHomeRunningMediaPressureTiredHearingBelieve In MeHome Run Author:Mark McGwire
“It's about using social media for social change: creating a community of advocates who can use their voices on behalf of the voiceless, or leverage their talents, skills, knowledge, and resources to put more children into classrooms, or pressure their elected representatives to get global education top of the agenda.” ChildrenUseSocialVoiceCommunityTalentMediaSkillsCreatingResourcesPressureSocial MediaAgendasClassroomRepresentativesBehalfSocial ChangeVoiceless Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.” Love IsMediaPressureUnder Pressure Author:Tony Parker
“I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.” ThinkingWayLooksMediaPressureRegardBehave Author:Kate Nash
“When we do work in places like China and Vietnam, research tends to be really effective as a way of getting change, whereas in more open places, mobilization and the creation of public pressure through the media often seem to be the things we try.” WayTryingSeemsMediaCreationResearchPressureChinaVietnamMobilization Author:Duncan Green
“Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in my own life experiences. As someone who is "newly" trans, I am constantly thinking about what the dominant narratives are around transness, how my work can push against these narratives, and how it already falls into these traps.” ThinkingFacesFallSocialMy OwnMediaPressureNarrativeSpheresLife ExperienceTrapsDominantObservingTransMy Own LifeConstantly Thinking Author:Vivek Shraya