“we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.” DoeImportantFoundAbilityConfidenceNewsEvidenceStriveCompetence Book:The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know Source: The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know
“And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional role as watchdogs of power into institutions of power themselves with an ability, indeed, a susceptibility, to abuse that power.” AbilityRolesChangedNewsOrganizationAbuseInstitutionsTraditionalJournalismJournalistTransformedSusceptibility Author:Joan Konner
“I think democracy fails under a variety of conditions and one of the conditions occurs when people don't have the ability to get the kind of information they need to make up their mind. Ideologically, I don't care much for FOX News. But the truth is that, as long as there are countervailing points of view available on the spectrum, it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindKindLongMatterCareAbilityViewsDemocracyFailingConditionsInformationTruth IsNewsDon't CareAvailablePoint Of ViewVarietyI Don't CareFoxesSpectrumFox News Author:Howard Dean
“Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news. With the expansion of the Web and the ever-decreasing size and cost of camera phones and video cameras, the ability to commit acts of journalism is spreading to everyone.” AbilityCitizensCostNewsCamerasSizePhonesVideoCommitJournalismExpansionEmergingDeliveringInvaluableVideo CamerasCitizen Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington
“The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox News - I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans for cooperating with me. That hothouse of back-and-forth argument and - and really sharp partisanship I think has been harmful to America.” ThinkingHas BeensAmericaAbilityLeaderEnvironmentRepublicanNewsArgumentFolksVotersFoxesBack And ForthCommentatorsFox NewsPartisanshipCooperating Author:Barack Obama
“I recognize that not all of us may have the same abilities and talents in sharing the gospel. But I want to keep the heat on all of us for getting the good news out there.” WantMayAbilityTalentNewsHeatGood NewsSharing The Gospel Author:Mark Dever
“The ability of people to reach their own news sources now, and create different views, is really unbelievable, and [populism] may be part of this.” PeopleMayDifferentAbilityViewsSourceNewsUnbelievablePopulismDifferent Views Author:Ken Moelis
“I think blogging and the ability to instantaneously respond to news items has changed the way we approach all media. We're seeing people talking back to columnists, and going much further in the sexual realm than most papers, even alternative weeklies, will publish. I'm surprised more papers aren't having people do what you're doing with an online only column, and to be honest, I read almost all the media I do read online, and plenty of other people do, too, so I don't know what's stopping them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayAbilityTalkingSeeingHonestMediaChangedPaperApproachNewsPlentyAlternativesBeing HonestRealmsOnlineStoppingPapersItemsPublishColumnsBloggingColumnistsPeople TalkingTalking Back Author:Rachel Kramer Bussel
“Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.” WorldGivingLooksImportantIdeasChoicesLostAbilityInformationPerspectiveNewsContrastDifferentiatePrioritizeGood Choices Author:John Sununu
“I’ve thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was on the Comics Pages. They were able to pull off intelligent social comment, pure truths not found elsewhere in the news pages, and had the ability to make it all funny, entertaining, and pertinent.” AbleLastsFoundSocialAbilityPureNewsPagesIntelligentDecadesNewspapersCommentElsewhereEntertainingPertinent Author:Elayne Boosler
“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.” TurnsAbilityAnxietyNewsWittyGood NewsChinsAcneBossypants Book:Bossypants Source: Bossypants