“I am sorry to be leaving the BBC. I have enjoyed a fascinating seven years at the corporation and am particularly proud to have played a small part in the development of the BBC's Global News services, BBC World Service and BBC World.” WorldYearsDevelopmentProudNewsSevenSorryLeavingEnjoyedCorporationsFascinatingSeven YearsSmall PartsI Am SorryAm Sorry Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“The journalists in America are no longer covering critical stories. Investigative journalism is gone. Foreign-news coverage is gone. The press is owned by five giant corporations.” StoriesAmericaGoneFiveNewsPressesCriticalJournalismJournalistCorporationsGiantsCoveringCoverageInvestigative JournalismNews Coverage Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take this away and a democracy dies. The fusion of news and entertainment, the rise of a class of celebrity journalists on television who define reporting by their access to the famous and the powerful, the retreat by many readers into the ideological ghettos of the Internet and the ruthless drive by corporations to destroy the traditional news business are leaving us deaf, dumb and blind.” LyingDiesPowerfulClassDemocracyInformationTelevisionSourceReaderInternetCitizensNewsBlindLeavingEntertainmentAccessTraditionalDumbJournalistCorporationsRetreatDeafRuthlessIdeologicalGhettoTrustworthyFusion Author:Chris Hedges
“All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for larger dividend returns trumps everything that the grunts in the newsrooms consider their missions.” Has BeensAmericaShareReturnTrumpHigherNewsOrganizationMissionsCorporationsMassiveAllegianceDividendsGruntShare Price Author:Laurie Garrett
“A successful business is a good way to create significant wealth, but not every business will grow into a News Corporation or a McDonalds.” WayGrowsWealthSuccessfulNewsSignificantCorporationsGood WayMcdonaldsSuccessful Business Author:Paul Clitheroe
“The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the truth. Sometimes the truth sounds like bad news, but it is just what we need.” NeedsSometimesHardBigsSoundTruth IsNewsCorporationsWillingnessCeoBad NewsHard TruthsBig Corporations Author:Bill Gates
“For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.” ThinkingCharacterValuesCompanyNewsReflectionCorporations Author:Rupert Murdoch
“The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.” WorldCountryRunningDealsNewsMonstersCorporations Author:Ken Livingstone
“The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.” GivingMadePoliticalLyingProcessVoiceUnitedCitizensPoliticianNewsResponsibleMade ItCorporationsRulingBad NewsCitizens United Author:Jesse Ventura
“News Corporation, today, reaches people at home and at work... when they're thinking... when they're laughing... and when they are making choices that have enormous impact. The unique potential - and duty - of a media company are to help its audiences connect to the issues that define our time.” PeopleThinkingHelpingHomeTodayChoicesCompanyAudienceLaughingIssuesMediaDutyNewsUniqueEncouragementImpactEnormousJournalistCorporationsOur TimeMaking Choices Author:Rupert Murdoch