“A free press is one where it's okay to state the conclusion you're led to by the evidence. One reason I'm in hot water is because my colleagues and I at NOW didn't play by the conventional rules of Beltway journalism. Those rules divide the world into Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and allow journalists to pretend they have done their job if instead of reporting the truth behind the news, they merely give each side an opportunity to spin the news.” IfsWorldGivingStatesReasonDonePlayJobsOpportunitySidesWaterBehindsRepublicanTruth IsNewsEvidenceOkayHotPressesDemocratConclusionJournalismJournalistDividesConventionalColleaguesFree PressHot Water Author:Bill Moyers
“Whenever there's a tragedy involving gun use, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, the gun-control lobby and the news media seize it as another opportunity to exploit the emotions of uninformed American people for political gain.” PeopleUsePoliticalOpportunityEmotionMediaNewsGunGainsTragedyBillsClintonAlsGun ControlExploitsGoreInvolvingNews MediaUninformedAnother Opportunity Author:Walter E. Williams
“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant--children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries--as everyone imagined.” TryingChildrenDoeTwoOpportunityChanceMistakeBreakTaughtCivilizationNewsMannersPermanentInstantRaising ChildrenTry AgainPotty Author:Mary Blakely
“In truth, it's usually failure, disappointment, and frustration that motivate people to reexamine that which they've taken for granted. It's rare to find big change without significant bad news. ... In that sense, the pain of failure creates the largest opportunities for progress.” PeopleBigsPainOpportunityChangeTakenProgressFailureNewsDisappointmentSignificantGrantedFrustrationBad NewsTaken For GrantedBig Changes Book:Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business Source: Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business
“The backlash against women's rights would be just one of several powerful forces creating a harsh and painful climate for women at work. Reagonomics, the recession, and the expansion of a minimum-wage service economy also helped, in no small measure, to slow and even undermine women's momentum in the job market. But the backlash did more than impede women's opportunities for employment, promotions, and better pay. Its spokesmen kept the news of many of these setbacks from women. Not only did the backlash do grievous damage to working women C it did on the sly.” Would BeJobsOpportunityForcePowerfulPayEconomyRightsCreatingNewsClimatePainfulEmploymentDamageJust OneDishesWomens RightsMinimumHarshExpansionPromotionMomentumSetbackRecessionsMinimum WageSlyBacklashWorking ManWorking Women Author:Susan Faludi
“Older actors, and women in particular, are getting more opportunities. It pleases me, its very good news for us. They say that people are living longer, and maybe it's just that there's more of us out there.” PeopleActorsOpportunityParticularPleaseNewsVery GoodGood NewsPlease Me Author:Christopher Walken
“People are always surprised when they see me speak live that I have a sense of humor. And I say, Well, you know, there's not much opportunity to laugh when you're reporting the dread news of the day.” PeopleKnowsWellsOpportunitySpeakLaughingNewsSense Of HumorDread Author:Gwen Ifill
“The good news is, we have a huge opportunity here because the President`s [Barack Obama] policies have failed.” OpportunityPresidentPolicyHugeNewsBarackGood News Author:Jeb Bush
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“The media has lost its monopoly. They have lost the opportunity they had to define what's news and what isn't news. They have lost the monopoly on telling people what to think, as in commentary and this kind of thing.” PeopleThinkingKindOpportunityLostMediaNewsMonopolyCommentary Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People ask me all the time what it's like to work with my mother. I feel completely blessed because, first of all, this has given us an opportunity to enrich our relationship in ways we never could have imagined. Our time together is purely creative. It's unfettered by politics or the news of the day or aches and pains or family dramas or anything else. This time together is sort of golden and protected as being just creative time, which is heavenly.” PeopleWayFeelsFirstsPainTogetherMotherAsksOpportunityGivenCreativeDramaNewsBlessedGoldenAsk MeOur TimeHeavenlyProtectedOur RelationshipAcheFamily DramaTime TogetherAches And PainsOur Time Together Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible.” PeopleStatesOpportunityDifficultChallengesEffortLandNewsSugarFloridaHistoricRestorationAnything Is PossibleAcresDifficult Challenges Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz