“The fact that a TV star can become president should be old news since [Ronald] Reagan, and old news since the Nixon-Kennedy debates - which the famous story, whether or not you agree, is that if you listened on the radio, Nixon won; if you listened on TV, Kennedy won.” IfsShouldFactsStoriesStarsPresidentTvsNewsAgreeRadioDebateOld News Author:Joss Whedon
“Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.” MaySometimesNews Author:Chath Piersath
“Some of the biographies [of princess Margaret] were really sensationalist, News of the World sorts, but they were great because they also gave first and secondhand accounts of her at home. The butlers come forward and give little moments, some of which you discard and some which ring somehow true and you use.” WorldGivingFirstsLittlesMomentsUseHomeNewsAccountsRingsPrincessBiographiesButlersLittle Moments Author:Vanessa Kirby
“A lot of the reason why the debate is acrimonious is because of the 24/7 news cycles, blogs, and people being able to just throw something out there in order to get attention. And I'm not going be out there doing the same thing, trying to trash my successor or call attention to myself. I hope that's a positive contribution to the dialogue.” PeopleTryingReasonAbleOrderAttentionNewsDebateDialogueReason WhyContributionCyclesTrashBlogsSuccessors Author:George W. Bush
“I don't think that Rush, Hannity, Drudge, Ann Coulter, Fox News, and AM Radio can create enough of a balance to undo the distorted media that we get from the Democrat Media Complex.” ThinkingEnoughMediaBalanceNewsDemocratComplexesRadioFoxesFox News Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Wherever you go, whether it be a college campus or the New York Times or ABC News or Venezuela or Cuba or the former Soviet Union, it's amazing how the speech codes and the trying to shut up dissent is a defining aspect of the left because they believe so firmly in their utopian ideals that anyone who would disagree with that utopia is an enemy of the state, and they treat them as such.” TryingBelieveStatesLeftEnemyNew YorkCollegeSpeechNewsAspectIdealsTreatsUnionsFormerCodeDisagreeSovietShut UpSoviet UnionDefiningDissentUtopiaCubaNew York TimesCampusUtopianVenezuelaCollege Campus Author:Andrew Breitbart
“In 1996 or 1997, out of nowhere, Fox News comes on and it's on channel 360 on Direct TV, and out of 300 million Americans, on every single night, anywhere from 3 to 5 million watch it, we're talking about at no more than 2 percent of the American public is watching Fox at any given moment. Yet, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the institutional left, CNN, MSNBC, the record companies, Hollywood, all seem to be committed towards aligning their minds and their money and their other resources to try to shut up Fox News.” TryingMindMomentsSeemsNightLeftGivenCompanyTalkingWatchesMillionsRecordsNew YorkTvsNewsPercentResourcesDirectHollywoodCommittedShut UpFoxesNew York TimesRecord CompaniesCnnFox NewsNbc Author:Andrew Breitbart
“It is hard to imagine a choice more stark than the choice between Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party, a clear establishment figure, and Stephen Bannon, a leader of the right-wing, the guy - Breitbart News Network, somebody who spent most of the time beating up on the Republican establishment.” HardGuyChoicesPartyLeaderClearImagineFiguresRepublicanNewsWingsEstablishmentRepublican PartyChairmanRight WingStarks Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Rick Grenell, who is an old U.N. hand, talk on Fox News about really pressing to see if the Iranians are violating any of the terms of the agreement, really press them on that, make sure there is full compliance.” IfsHandsTermNewsPressesAgreementFoxesFox NewsCompliance Author:George Stephanopoulos
“In this world we live in now, with a 24/7 news cycle, perception can sometimes be more powerful than reality.” WorldSometimesRealityPowerfulThis WorldPerceptionNewsCycles Author:Omar Epps
“When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it.” PeopleMadeStoriesDrinkNewsNews Stories Author:Lizz Winstead
“I met journalists that were on both sides of things. People who are young, enthusiastic and hard working journalists working on the online side and people who had been there forever. There was one journalist who had running shoes under her desk in case she had to kick of her heels and go out and cover a breaking news story.” PeopleHardStoriesRunningYoungSidesCasesForeverHard WorkMetsNewsShoesJournalistKicksOnlineHeelsDesksBoth SidesEnthusiasticNews StoriesBreaking NewsRunning Shoes Author:Rachel McAdams
“You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in Congress. So they're going to see some more bad news. But if we do this, we're doing the right thing.” IfsThinkingWantHelpingMagicNewsIncreaseCongressRight ThingGoing AwayViewersDoing The Right ThingBad NewsWandsMagic Wands Author:Warren Buffett
“The [Donald] Trump transition team is already functioning as the worst transition team we have ever seen. And the good news is the slower they do their work, the better off we are.” TeamWorstTrumpNewsTransitionGood NewsBetter Off Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“This statement, this transgression, this issue whereas if you look at the Fox News poll - CNN, ABC, NBC, everybody was there."CBS" polls, you see that Americans were very focused on jobs and the economy, health care, immigration, terrorism. I mean, the cues and clues to this election were right in front of him the whole time.” IfsLooksMeanWholeCareJobsEconomyIssuesFrontsNewsElectionTerrorismFocusedImmigrationStatementsHealth CareFoxesCluePollsCnnFox NewsTransgressionNbc Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I've all venture a guess as we saw a lot of those executives going in for the viewers, we saw a bunch of Fox News executives going in there. We saw Jeff Zucker president of CNN standing there, just in case you don't know those faces. So there was all of muckety-mucks from all of the media, cable, broadcast, you name it.What is fairness to [Donald] Trump? With President-elect Trump?” KnowsFacesNamesPresidentCasesSawsMediaTrumpNewsStandingBunchExecutivesFairnessVentureFoxesViewersCablesCnnFox NewsStanding There Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Anchors like Megyn Kelly are incredibly powerful in terms of distilling the information and reporting the news and maybe some opinion to the public in a fair handed and complete way.” WayTermPowerfulOpinionInformationNewsFairsAnchors Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think his [Donald's Trump] objection would be to biased and unfair, which is not the way he characterize "Fox News" to me, anyway. But we're all looking for objective coverage.” ThinkingWayWould BeTrumpNewsObjectivesUnfairFoxesCoverageObjectionsBiasedFox News Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Steve Bannon has quoted as lamenting the fact that he predicts a "Fox News" that will be more centrist in the future. He came after our boss Rupert Murdoch in some unflattering terms.” FactsTermNewsBossFoxesFox News Author:Megyn Kelly
“There's a lot of definitions flying around of what we mean when we say fake news. And there's also a lot of pitfalls and I think some misguided recommendations that are out there about what Facebook and Twitter and the others should and shouldn't do. It's very difficult and I, you know, recommend sort of very thoughtful slow going for everyone.” ThinkingKnowsShouldMeanDifficultNewsDefinitionsFlyingFakeThoughtfulMisguidedRecommendationsPitfallsVery Thoughtful Author:Vivian Schiller
“My definition of fake news is a content-like object that is a story, an article, a video, a tweet that has been fabricated, completely invented out of thin air, intentionally for the purpose of misleading.” Has BeensStoriesPurposeAirObjectsNewsDefinitionsVideoFakeArticlesMisleadTweetThin Air Author:Vivian Schiller
“A so-called news organization called the Denver Guardian - which, by the way, doesn't exist - wrote an article and pushed it on social media that said that the pope had endorsed Donald Trump. That's the perfect definition of fake news. It was intentionally designed to deceive.” WaySaidSocialPerfectMediaTrumpNewsOrganizationDefinitionsSocial MediaFakeArticlesDeceivingPopeGuardianDenver Author:Vivian Schiller
“I think it would be a mistake for social media companies to try to, on their own, determine or deign what is a fake news story and what isn't and shut it off, or what's a good news organization or a bad news organization. That's a very, very slippery slope.” ThinkingTryingStoriesWould BeSocialMistakeCompanyMediaNewsOrganizationDetermineSocial MediaFakeGood NewsBad NewsSlipperySlopesSlippery SlopeNews Stories Author:Vivian Schiller
“I really enjoy delivering life-changing news to people who really deserve it.” PeopleEnjoyNewsDeserveLife ChangingDelivering Author:Jeff Brazier
“We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.” SaidWantedFilmChallengesTelevisionProveNewsFoxesReferringFox NewsClip Author:Marina Abramovic
“I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.” ThinkingNeedsEasyActingInformationNewsGet Back Author:Barbara Boxer
“There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.” FactsCertainResponsibilityOpinionTvsNewsOnlineTv News Author:Barbara Boxer
“Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American industry against the invasion of Chinese products. Renegotiating the role of NATO. And a similar approach on the issue of immigration. This is all great news.” RolesIssuesProductsIndustryApproachNewsRelationTradeInvestmentRussiaImmigrationChinesePartnershipInvasionNatoGreat News Author:Matteo Salvini
“[My kids] were very young at the time and didn't realize what was going on. We told them that mom made a mistake and people want to talk about it in the news so they're outside our house.” PeopleWantMadeKidsYoungHouseRealizingMistakeMomNewsMade A Mistake Author:Paula Broadwell
“I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake news.” TermMediaNewsFakeCandidatesBiasPresidency Author:Paula Broadwell
“My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.” WorldMadeBigsLanguageStepsFeminismStyleNew YorkHugePaperNewsStandardsGoldPressesGuidesLocalsMediumsAround The WorldPostsOutletsMistressNew York TimesSmall StepsGold StandardAmerican Language Author:Paula Broadwell
“There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived.” FeelsDoneHelpingNiceNewsRadioTunesDishesDeprived Author:Leonard Cohen
“[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.” ThinkingSaidCountryStatesFactsStoriesTrumpNewsDecidedImpactEdgesScaryBarackCandidatesKnivesPutinClosenessWikileaksScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best pieces of news this morning is a joint statement, Senator [Chuck] Schumer, Senator [Harry] Reid for the Democrats,John McCain and Lindsey Graham from the Republicans, saying we have to get to the bottom of this.” ThinkingDoeMorningTakenPiecesRepublicanNewsDemocratBottomScaryStatementsSenatorsJointsPartisansMccainChuckHackingScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“I also tried to leave myself alone enough to be surprised by the news. That's when it had its potency. If I approach everything with joy and hope and love, which is what we all do. Every day we get up we're hoping that today is going to be the day that's going to get you over the hump. I tried to do that as much as I could. So then when all the news happens you see what she is made out of.” IfsMadeEnoughHappensTodayJoyApproachNewsAnd LoveGet UpHope And LovePotency Author:Viola Davis
“But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't he handsome? Oh, what am I going to make for dinner today?" I put all of that as a part of [Roses's from "Fences"] inner everyday monologue so, by the time he tells he that news and all of that I feel that it's there already.” FeelsTodayMarriedNewsRoseEverydayDinnerStorytellerFenceHandsomeMonologues Author:Viola Davis
“I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two months later and I assumed by then, "of course, everybody knows." Nobody knew. There was a news report in the Wall Street Journal, in the petroleum journals, and in some small newspapers, but not in the mainstream press.” KnowsTwoCoursesStreetsWallMonthsNewsPressesOilNewspapersReportsArticlesMainstreamJournalMarineLandingHaitiTwo MonthsPetroleumWall Street Journal Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you.” MessagesNewsGood NewsMessage Of Hope Author:Joel Osteen
“I studiously avoid the darkest places of the Internet. Sometimes you can't avoid it because you're doing a legitimate news search and something pops up, but I don't breathe that stuff in because I think it's a carcinogen.” ThinkingSometimesStuffInternetNewsPopsBreathe Author:Megyn Kelly
“As a news person, you can't spend all your time responding to a Comedy Central star. It's not what we do.” PersonsStarsComedyNewsResponding Author:Megyn Kelly
“Sometimes I look around cable news and it's like you wonder whether you're looking at anchors or authors.” LooksSometimesWonderLike YouNewsCablesAnchorsCable News Author:Megyn Kelly
“The Fox News anchors are lovely. They have an incredible combination of brains and beauty. And I think that's one of the reasons people love watching them and listening to them.” PeopleThinkingReasonBrainListeningNewsIncrediblesLovelyCombinationFoxesAnchorsFox NewsBeauty And BrainsNews Anchors Author:Megyn Kelly
“I think you can look at a woman's legs while she delivers the news and still take her seriously.” ThinkingLooksStillsNewsLegs Author:Megyn Kelly
“My big "double-aha" moment came while anchoring the national news at CBS News. It was at the height of the recession, and on top of the usual negative stories, my newscasts became full of especially heart wrenching stories of people losing their homes, jobs, and retirement savings. Starting the morning off like that could leave even the most optimistic person feeling helpless and hopeless. The lightning bolt came when we changed how we talked about the negative.” PeopleHeartPersonsMomentsStoriesFeelingsHomeBigsJobsMorningChangedNewsLosingNegativeStartingOptimisticSavingHeightHopelessRetirementUsualLightningHelplessSavingsRecessionsBoltsHeart WrenchingLightning BoltsOptimistic PersonAha Moment Author:Michelle Gielan
“I realized there was a better way to broadcast the news that empowered people to believe they could overcome challenges.” PeopleWayBelieveChallengesNewsOvercomingI RealizedEmpoweredBetter Ways Author:Michelle Gielan
“I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye...” SoulHateGoalMissingNewsI HateMoodRudeBad MoodSpaz Author:Kanye West
“We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!” IfsLooksFactsNewsAdultsControlledFree Society Author:Frank Zappa
“Actually, I don't get to do it (watch 5 or so news shows) every day, but I manage to do it at least 5 times a week. And the rest of the time I'm doing interviews. I do an amazing amount of interviews.” ShowsWatchesWeekAmountNewsManageInterviews Author:Frank Zappa
“The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country. You have 200 countries who came together. It's an international agreement.” CountryStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesNewsInternationalParisAgreementOther CountriesGood News 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