“In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.” MeanPoliticalDemocracyNewsPolitical SystemsBad News Author:Al Franken
“There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?” IfsKnowsMeanTreeNewsCatCnnPiers Author:Noel Gallagher
“Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.” MeanProcessCommunityMembersNewsCapacityStriveLinksSiteInterfereStrifeOur CommunityEditorialsReddit Author:Yishan Wong
“The Good News is that God's mercy and forgiveness extend to those who repent. Mercy does not mean approving of something that is sinful, but does absolve the wrongdoer after a change of heart takes place in the sinner through the gift of God's grace.” HeartMeanDoeGraceNewsMercySinnerGood NewsRepentGift From GodGod's GraceChange Of HeartApprovingMercy And Forgiveness Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“I'm not in the news business and won't tell people how to do their job. I'd like to restore trust in the news business, though, and feel that restoring fact-checking will really help. News business realities mean that such fact-checking has to be practical, it has to be fast and cheap.” PeopleFeelsMeanFactsHelpingRealityJobsNewsPracticalsRestoring Author:Craig Newmark
“The man who accused Richard Simmons of slapping him in an airport has dropped the assault charge. Dropped it! Upon hearing the news, Simmons sadly responded, "You mean I'm not going to prison?"” MenMeanHe ManNewsPrisonHearingAssaultAccusedAirportsSlapping Author:Dennis Miller
“If the numbers mean anything, they tell us that vastly more life is left in the reviled internal-combustion engine than any of the blue-state lefties could imagine. First, that madman Bush wins, and now this news. How depressing.” IfsFirstsMeanStatesLife IsWinningLeftNumbersImagineNewsBlueInternalsEnginesDepressingMadmenCombustionLefties Author:Brock Yates
“Today New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced that he's endorsing Mitt Romney for president. It's good news for Romney. I mean, you always want Chris Christie on your side. Unless you're in a canoe.” WantMeanTodaySidesPresidentNewsGood NewsJerseyRomneyYour SideNew JerseyChristieEndorsing Author:Jimmy Fallon
“You really can't do a remake. I mean, 'King Kong' needed its turn to be remade. It needed an update. But the 'Bad News Bears,' or 'The Shaggy D.A.,' those are classic movies. I think they did a good job of remaking them, but it's just not the same thing. Nobody can top Tatum O'Neal. It just isn't the same.” ThinkingMeanJobsTurnsBearsKingsNeededNewsClassicGood JobBad NewsRemakesUpdatesKing KongClassic Movie Author:Carly Schroeder
“I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.” KnowsWorldMeanLongStatesHumorPoliticalFoundTermUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionPeriodsNewsConcernedEconomicsInvestmentFolksOptimisticLong TermInvestorsSaltShort TermPolitical HumorBest Investment Author:George W. Bush
“Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't have to wait around for some nebulous God to help you.” MeanSelfHelpingWaitingEffortBuddhismNewsBuddhistGood NewsCosmology Author:Frederick Lenz
“The genuflection toward 'fairness' is a familiar newsroom piety, in practice the excuse for a good deal of autopilot reporting and lazy thinking but in theory a benign ideal. In Washington, however, a community in which the management of news has become the single overriding preoccupation of the core industry, what 'fairness' has often come to mean is a scrupulous passivity, an agreement to cover the story not as it is occurring but as it is presented, which is to say as it is manufactured.” ThinkingMeanStoriesCommunityDealsPracticeTheoryIndustryNewsIdealsManagementExcuseCoreFamiliarLazyAgreementFairnessPietyPreoccupationBenignPassivityAutopilotLazy Thinking Author:Joan Didion
“I hate how on TV they have to fill so many minutes. It means they have to put in anything, and by doing so they sort of trivialize news; news becomes this commodity that they need to fill dead time between commercials with.” NeedsMeanHateMinutesTvsNewsI HateCommodity Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.” MeanBearsNewsCartoonBad NewsUnderdogGoliath Author:Nancy Lublin
“To me, the work I do is a means of interpreting unsettling truths, of bearing witness, and of sounding an alarm. The beauty of formal representation both carries an affirmation of life and subversively brings us face to face with news from our besieged world.” WorldMeanFacesPhotographyNewsWitnessCarrieRepresentationFormalAffirmationAlarmsFace To FaceInterpretingBearing Witness Author:Richard Misrach
“Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no money, and they don't buy newspapers or watch the news on television. Consequently, children are one of the most neglected segments of society in the news, except as a subtopic of other power beats such as education, family, and crime. Children are in serious trouble in this society, which means the foundation of our society is in trouble, which means the future is in trouble, and that is news.” MeanChildrenWatchesTroubleCrimeTelevisionSeriousTaxesNewsBeatsVoteInstitutionsFoundationNewspapersOur SocietyNeglectedNo MoneyThis Society Author:Joan Konner
“I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on the news. This reporter is standing outside a water treatment plant, going, 'If they poured the poison here it could wipe out thousands because the guard is off duty from noon until 1 every day!'” IfsMeanWaterDutyNewsStandingPlantTerroristPoisonTreatmentReportersStanding OutWipeNoonManualsHarps Author:Jay Leno
“Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco or Shanghai travels instantly, thanks to modern means of communication, to all Eastern peoples and fills them with enthusiasm and faith. This phenomenon is, of course, unprecedented in the history of man.” MenMeanTodayActionEarthCoursesFiveModernCommunicationInternetVictoryNewsArmyEnthusiasmThanksPhenomenonContinentsFree SpeechEasternUnprecedentedRepercussionsMoroccoShanghaiMeans Of Communication Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“The good news about fresh water is that, even after accounting for the larger volume of water that is unavailable to people from the hydrologic cycle, there is enough on a global scale to support current and anticipated populations on a sustainable basis... Three essential goals are dependable and safe supplies for people, protection and management of the environmental systems through which water moves, and efficient water use. Meeting these goals will require that fresh water not continue to be treated as a free good or as the principal means for disposing of human and industrial wastes.” PeopleHumansMeanEnoughUseMovingThreeGoalWaterSupportSafeEssentialsWasteNewsBasesManagementMeetingsEnvironmentalPopulationCurrentsProtectionScalesTreatedCyclesEfficientPrincipalVolumeGood NewsSuppliesAccountingUsing MeDependableFresh Water Author:Gilbert F. White
“I would hope that wherever I go I bring good news - that's what that word means, right? It began with the first followers of Jesus taking a Roman military propaganda term and co-opting it for their own subversive purposes, insisting that the world isn't made better through coercive military violence but through sacrificial love. How great is that!? Unfortunately this word has been hijacked in several years for other purposes but no worries, we're taking it back.” WorldYearsFirstsMeanHas BeensMadePurposeJesusTermWorryViolenceMilitaryNewsPropagandaFollowersGood NewsSubversiveInsistingNo WorriesSacrificial Love Author:Rob Bell
“It's an important moment [win an Emmy]. I just feel like I want it to happen tonight, either for myself or Viola [Davis] so we can get past it, so it's not big news anymore. I mean, it is 2015. We have a black president.” WantFeelsMeanImportantMomentsBigsHappensPastBlackPresidentNewsTonightViolaImportant MomentsBig News Author:Taraji P. Henson
“On a daily basis, my home life is very simple. I spend about 2 hours every morning reading the newspaper. As my two assistants will tell you, I don't come to work in the mornings, for two reasons. First, I want to be informed - that means I go through The New York Times every day, and then I watch some news on television. The second is, mornings are the best time to communicate with my clients abroad.” WantFirstsMeanTwoReasonHomeLife IsReadingHoursSimpleWatchesMorningNew YorkTelevisionNewsBasesCommunicateNewspapersEvery MorningClientsNew York TimesAssistantsBest TimesHome Life Author:I. M. Pei
“Kids put life into perspective. I never have a bad day. Life happens and you get bad news sometime, or things don't go your way at work - for me that might mean I lose a game or not play well - but that doesn't affect my mood from day to day. I love going home and seeing the smiles on my daughters' faces being happy to see me, and that makes everything all right.” WayWellsMeanPlayHomeMightHappensKidsFacesGamesLosesSeeingPerspectiveNewsDaughterMoodMy DaughterDay To DayBad DayBad NewsGoing HomeDay LifeLife Happens Author:Stephen Curry
“The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.” MeanNewsSmartDumbHopefulCynicalGood NewsBad News Author:Sarah Silverman
“When our eyes are set on eternity, the news that someone has come to know the Savior means a great deal more than the news of a salary raise or the prospect of getting the latest high-tech gadget.” KnowsMeanEyeDealsNewsEternityRaisesSaviorSalaryGadgets Book:Money, Possessions, and Eternity Source: Money, Possessions, and Eternity
“It's a great day for Sarah Palin. She was hired as a commentator for Fox News. She signed a multi-year contract, which means she'll probably quit after a year.” YearsMeanNewsQuittingContractsFoxesCommentatorsPalinFox NewsGreat Day Author:Craig Ferguson
“News footage came on the TV during dinner of bloody bodies coming back from battle in Vietnam, or the race riots in the South, people getting hosed in Selma, Alabama, or the Biafra war, where I got my name. In my household, it was explained and discussed with the children, as a way of educating us from when we first started grade school why racism and war were wrong, what this all really means.” PeopleWayFirstsMeanChildrenWarBodySchoolNamesRaceTvsBattleNewsRacismSouthDinnerGradesVietnamHouseholdBloodyComing BackReally MeanRiotAlabamaGrades In SchoolRace Riots Author:Jello Biafra
“So far rich people have been very quiet about the possibility of getting taxes raised on them, but that doesn't mean they won't get mad about it, it just means they don't know about it. Because it takes a while for bad news to reach a rich person. First their accountant has to tell the butler, who has to tell the servant, who wouldn't dare interrupt their game of croquet.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMeanPersonsHas BeensGamesRichPossibilityQuietTaxesNewsMadRaisedDareServantRich PeopleBad NewsAccountantsButlersRich PersonCroquet Author:Craig Ferguson
“Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election? What does it mean for your poll numbers? Is this good for the Democrats or good for the Republicans? Who won the news cycle?' That's just how Washington is. They can't help it. They're obsessed with the sport of politics.” MeanDoeImportantMatterHelpingNextSportsDecisionNumbersRepublicanNewsElectionDemocratDebateObsessedCyclesPolls Author:Barack Obama
“I got an idea: people like news why don't we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we'll gas them up and drive them to everyone's house. I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn't sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.” PeopleIfsWayWritingMeanIdeasHouseSoundPiecesPaperNewsGasGreat Idea Author:Biz Stone
“The word "evangelist" means someone who spreads good news. Studying the impacts of climate change as I do, it's hard to come up with good news. In many ways I feel more like a Cassandra or a Jeremiah than a good-news evangelist.” WayFeelsMeanHardStudyNewsImpactClimateClimate ChangeCome UpSpreadGood NewsEvangelistsJeremiah Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“I want people to talk more. I mean, I watch Game of Thrones and there's all sorts of crazy nudity in it...and very little of which I can justify, except that it's in a titillating and somewhat exploitational manner, but I don't really feel like that's a subject that people are interested in because it's the same news story.” PeopleWantFeelsMeanLittlesI CanStoriesGamesWatchesCrazySubjectsNewsJustifyThronesNudityNews Stories Author:Craig Zobel
“There are highly innovative companies in the U.S., Germany, and India. And there are many stories of companies that failed to innovate in all those countries. This is good news because it means, regardless of your cultural background or where your company is based, it can become innovative.” MeanCountryStoriesCompanyNewsIndiaBackgroundsGermanyGood NewsInnovative Author:David Livermore
“Globalisation means indeed everything is global but there are still very specific centres of power, especially when it comes to media and news.Misinformation about some attacks is going to affect how emotionally involved the audience is going to get. In the end, an emotional ranking is artificially created when it comes to casualties.” MeanStillsEndsAudienceMediaEmotionalInvolvedNewsCentreCasualtiesMisinformationRankingGlobalisation Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We're exposing our minors to abuse by the fact that they leave the radio on in the car and let them listen to the news on the way to school. Or the fact that it's shown on the news, the children can see Gaddafi's face and his glorious Technicolor clothes getting shot off on the news or on the newspaper shelves. In the shelves of the shops where all the sex magazines are consciously put at the top, if they're consciously put at the top, that must mean the violence is all put at the bottom consciously.” IfsWayMeanChildrenFactsSchoolFacesSexViolenceCarClothesNewsShotsAbuseBottomRadioNewspapersMagazinesGloriousShopsMinorsShelvesExposingGaddafi Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I'm not going to play pundit on Donald Trump and criticize him. I will say the media's treatment of that illustrates a very, very different - I mean, it dominated the news for a week to 10 days once he was the nominee. In the primary, it didn't get, seemingly, even 30 seconds of news.” MeanDifferentPlayWeekMediaTrumpNewsPrimariesTreatmentCriticizeSecondsPundits Author:Ted Cruz
“"The New York Times" is reporting correctly that women had accused a presidential candidate of sexual assault. Now that's news on any level. I mean you can't argue that that's not news.” MeanLevelsNew YorkNewsArguingPresidentialCandidatesAssaultAccusedNew York TimesSexual AssaultPresidential Candidate Author:Megyn Kelly
“This statement, this transgression, this issue whereas if you look at the Fox News poll - CNN, ABC, NBC, everybody was there."CBS" polls, you see that Americans were very focused on jobs and the economy, health care, immigration, terrorism. I mean, the cues and clues to this election were right in front of him the whole time.” IfsLooksMeanWholeCareJobsEconomyIssuesFrontsNewsElectionTerrorismFocusedImmigrationStatementsHealth CareFoxesCluePollsCnnFox NewsTransgressionNbc Author:Kellyanne Conway
“There's a lot of definitions flying around of what we mean when we say fake news. And there's also a lot of pitfalls and I think some misguided recommendations that are out there about what Facebook and Twitter and the others should and shouldn't do. It's very difficult and I, you know, recommend sort of very thoughtful slow going for everyone.” ThinkingKnowsShouldMeanDifficultNewsDefinitionsFlyingFakeThoughtfulMisguidedRecommendationsPitfallsVery Thoughtful Author:Vivian Schiller
“When Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.” MeanTrumpNewsJournalismFakeDisagree Author:Gene Weingarten
“If you look at the New York Times, it says X; if you look at the Washington Post, it says the same thing. And if you turn on any television newscast it's the same thing you already heard, that's research. And that's one of the ways it's done. Authority ends up being imputed simply because of volume. I mean, all of these different news organizations reporting the exact same thing.” IfsWayLooksMeanDifferentEndsDoneTurnsHeardNew YorkTelevisionAuthorityNewsResearchOrganizationPostsVolumeTurn-onNew York Times Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's true that the gender pay gap is complicated. It's true that it is very slowly getting smaller. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It would have to be a pretty HUGE conspiracy for every reputable major news outlet to report on it annually if it was a massive feminist lie.” IfsMeanLyingPayHugeMajorsNewsFeministComplicatedGenderReportsMassiveGapsConspiracyOutletsPay Gap Author:Laura Bates
“Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up, I absolutely wanted a name that was easier to pronounce, more common, prettier. But then I grew up and understood the power of a name, the beauty that comes in understanding how your name has affected who you are.” MeanWantedMotherFatherNamesParentUnderstandingCommonGrowing UpGrowingGrewEasierGrew UpNewsUnderstoodWho You AreGrandmotherAffectedGood NewsMy GrandmotherShire Author:Warsan Shire
“We'd already lost the possibility of stopping global warming entirely. That hasn't been in the cards for a long time. The triumph of Trump probably means that we're not going to be able to stop it at the two-degree mark that the world had been aiming for. That's very bad news, mostly because the planet seems to be more sensitive than we thought to even small increases in temperature.” WorldMeanLongTwoSeemsAbleLostPossibilityPlanetsTrumpDegreesNewsLong TimeIncreaseMarkCardsTriumphSensitiveGlobal WarmingStoppingTemperatureBad News Author:Bill McKibben
“Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe.” MeanGrowthTelevisionInternetNewsPhonesRadioCornersAccessCellsGlobesCell PhoneSatellitesBreaking NewsExponential GrowthTelevision And Radio Author:Dee Dee Myers
“Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?” ShouldMeanDoeMatterStoriesWonderNewsPopularityGood StorySeductiveNews Stories Author:Susan Orlean
“The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.” IfsMeanIdeasDifficultSacrificeNewsRedemptionGood NewsDifficult Times Author:Patti Smith
“Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are.” LooksMeanRealWholeMightChoicesInterestDemocracyCitizensNewsToughConsideringLooking GoodOccasionalBad NewsTough Choices Author:Matt Taibbi
“I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched.” WorldWantKindMeanMadeHardStoriesBigsCan DoHavensNewsBiggerBoundariesMade ItJournalistPushingCnn Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism which here means "sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order to create a workable disguise." The quoting of an aphorism, such as "It takes a village to raise a child," "No news is good news," and "Love conquers all," rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen, which is why we provide our volunteers with a disguise kit in addition to helpful phrases of advice.” LoveNeedsMeanChildrenSometimesHappensOrderAdviceExpressionNewsAnd LoveRaisesConquerPhrasesDesperateHelpfulVillageAphorismDisguiseVolunteerGood NewsNeed A ChangeFacialQuotingFacial ExpressionLove Conquers AllYou Need To ChangeIt Takes A VillageDesperate MeasuresDesperate TimesDesperate Times Call For Desperate MeasuresIt Takes A Village To Raise A ChildVillage To Raise A Child Author:Daniel Handler