“I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.” HumansCountryHelpingKidsRaceMediaDrugFameHuman RaceEmphasisDon't TrustPlugs Author:Pete Seeger
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so--called educational system, whichis nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one's ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the "educational system" are the prime sources of racism in the United States.” StatesAmericaCultureAbilityWhiteUnitedRaceEducationUnited StatesMediaSourceCitizensRacismRewardsEducationalLoyaltyPunishmentPrimePledgeOathEducational SystemReward And Punishment Author:Ishmael Reed
“Race is a core reality of American experience. Media images on television need to reflect that reality to help people who consume media and who don't have the day-to-day, face-to-face contact with others, or where that contact is minimal, to help them have a greater appreciation of other experiences and how they're all part of the American fabric.” PeopleNeedsHelpingRealityFacesRaceGreaterMediaTelevisionAppreciationCoreContactFabricDay To DayFace To FaceAppreciation Of Others Author:Darnell M. Hunt
“The democratic race is really boring when the media is basically writing stories and spending money to ask questions in a poll about somebody who is not even a declared candidate.” WritingStoriesAsksRaceMediaDemocraticBoringSpendingCandidatesPollsSpending MoneyWriting Stories Author:Dana Perino
“Every day I am being told to sign up for Tumblr, Yammer, Friendfeed, Plaxo, Last.fm, ping.fm or the hot social-media tool du jour that happened to get mentioned on Mashable.com. It is like a social-media arms race. Each one of these new tools is like a cool new night club. Hot today, gone tomorrow, replaced with something else.” TodayLastsNightSocialRaceGoneHappenedMediaArmsTomorrowToolsHotClubsSocial MediaReplacedArms RacePingNight Club Author:Mark McKinnon
“Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don't cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved.” StoriesBlackWhiteRaceStreetsMediaYouthInvolvedRacismHatredPoliceStrangerChiefsTargetGangMayorsTiptoesBlack Youth Author:Thomas Sowell
“I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.” MeanCareFightingRaceBehindsMediaHealthBillsHealth CareAppeals Author:Jesse Jackson
“Class is the most taboo subject in America. The American media would rather talk about race or perversion or anything else considered taboo before class.” AmericaRaceClassSubjectsMediaTabooPerversionAmerican Media Author:Jim Shepard
“The fact is that, once you are the person - and Ms.[Hillary] Clinton is the person who injected this type of commentary [bigot] into this race [2016] - once you inject that type of commentary into this race, you can't then sit back and start complaining about it or have some of your handmaidens in the media complain about it.” PersonsFactsRaceMediaTypeClintonComplainingCommentaryBigots Author:Chris Christie