“The good news is you can get a lot of information off the Internet for free and in a hurry. But I think the breaking up of the media, which is otherwise kind of healthy, has contributed to less actual reporting and a louder, more contentious, more divisive public discourse, highlighting conflict, sometimes falsely.” ThinkingKindSometimesMediaInformationInternetHealthyConflictNewsDiscourseGood NewsPublic DiscourseContentiousHighlighting Author:William J. Clinton
“Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny have created an important political radio show that balances humor and unreported news. At a time when media conglomerates dominate the airwaves, independent media like Citizen Radio is vital to national discourse.” ImportantShowsPoliticalMediaBalanceCitizensNewsIndependentRadioDiscourseJamieAllisonIndependent Media Author:Noam Chomsky
“In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.” IfsDesireGrowsPleaseNewsCourtWitLabourDiscourseCourtesyUsefulnessCourteous Book:The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir Source: The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir
“If conservatives come to control the White House and both Houses of Congress, there will be very little change in Hollywood, the network evening news, universities, church bureaucracies, the New York Times, or the Washington Post. Institutions that are overwhelmingly left-liberal will continue to misinform the public and distort public discourse.” IfsLittlesChristianHouseLeftChurchReligiousWhiteNew YorkNewsHollywoodInstitutionsUniversityCongressEveningPostsWhite HouseDiscourseBureaucracyNew York TimesPublic Discourse Author:Robert Bork
“Roger Ebert was a very valiant soldier of cinema who passed away, and we miss him. It's over with serious discourse about cinema in the print media and on television. It has been replaced by celebrity news. So we are speaking in his spirit always.” Has BeensSpiritMediaMissingTelevisionSeriousNewsSoldierCinemaPrintReplacedDiscourseRogerPassed AwayValiantPrint Media Author:Werner Herzog
“I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become so fragmented. They only want to support their own worldview.” PeopleWantWishHoursSupportMediaInternetNewsShameDiscourseWorldviewFragmentedNews Media Author:Jim James