“Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These are simple historical facts intelligible to all adults, most children, and some of your more discerning domesticated animals. But not... to Bill O” ChildrenFactsPoliticalSimpleAnimalNewsAdultsFairsBillsHistoricalBalancedFoxesAbrahamFox NewsDiscerningIcebergHistorical FactsDomesticated AnimalsJohn Wilkes Booth Book:The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders Source: The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
“There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.'” LooksBookLyingMovementNewsFairsPropagandaComparisonLiarsBalancedSeanNpr Author:Al Franken
“We're witnessing the end of a 5,000 year reign of patriarchy, and are coming into a society created by our technology that will be more balanced and more feminine. It's already happening. And I think that the good news is that it's coming just in time.” ThinkingYearsEndsTechnologyNewsHappeningsFeminineBalancedReignPatriarchyGood News Author:Leonard Shlain
“I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news. We had to get a balanced picture. In fact, I kind of favored just hearing about the accounts we were losing because ... bad news is generally more actionable than good news.” PeopleKindFactsAmountEqualNewsLosingAccountsHearingBalancedGood NewsBad News Author:Bill Gates
“Everybody wrings their hands about Fox News. You know, "fair and balanced? Why, that's snide!" Yeah, okay, maybe they're not fair and balanced, but CNN used to have the slogan "You Can Depend on CNN". Guess what? I watch it, no you can't. So what's the difference?” KnowsHandsUsedDifferencesWatchesDependsNewsFairsOkayYeahBalancedFoxesSlogansNot FairCnnFox News Author:Jon Stewart