“The remarkable legion of the unremarked, whose individual opinions are not colorful or different enough to make news, but whose collective opinion, when crystallized, can make history.” DifferentEnoughIndividualOpinionNewsCollectivesRemarkableColorfulLegion Author:William Safire
“There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at all, unless you want the thrill of hearing the sound of the actual individual gunshot that might have killed a 7 year-old.” WantYearsRealityMightValuesPoliticsIndividualSoundCommunityJusticeViolencePolicyNewsEthicsHuman RightsHearingTerrorismIdeologyTapeFree SpeechThrillCivilityAudioGunshots Author:Rachel Maddow
“Audiences, as they get smaller, can intensify their relationship with the product, and so can the creative relationship with the people that you are serving. The good news is that, the more shows there are, the less the conglomerates have to gain by breaking the will of each individual creative.” PeopleShowsIndividualAudienceCreativeProductsNewsGainsServingGood News Author:Dan Harmon
“The good news is that women's roles have changed so dramatically over the past three decades that women now expect to have careers, balance work and family, express their individual autonomy.” PastThreeIndividualCareersRolesChangedBalanceNewsDecadesGood NewsAutonomyOver The PastWomen's RolesIndividual Autonomy Author:Michael Kimmel
“Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.” PeoplePersonsLongDifferentHardWould BeIndividualLostMysteryNewsRaisedErasTwinsDifferent PeoplesIdenticalDifferent ErasIdentical TwinUnsolved Mysteries Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“More than my questions about the efficacy of social actions were my questions about my own motives. Do i want social justice for the oppressed or do i jusy want to be known as a socially active person? I spend 95 percent of my time thinking about myself anyway. I dont have to watch the evening news to see the world is bad, i only have to look at myself. I am not brow beating here, i am only saying that true charge , true living giving, God honoring change would have to start with the individual. I was the very problem i had been protesting. I wanted to make a sign that read “I am the problem” ThinkingWorldWantGivingLooksPersonsProblemActionWantedIndividualSocialJusticeMy OwnKnownWatchesNewsPercentSocial JusticeActiveEveningMotiveMy TimeOppressedBrowsHere I AmEfficacySocial Action Author:Donald Miller