“A savage is simply a human organism that has not received enough news from the human race.” HumansEnoughRaceCivilizationNewsHuman RaceSavagesOrganisms Author:John Ciardi
“TV is a huge draw. It's a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I'd race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!” IfsHomeWould BeRaceTvsHugeSceneNewsDrawsPoliceSecondsPolicemenMagnet Author:Jerry Springer
“People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for someone who doesn't have a chance. Since third-party candidates are not in the news, they are considered to be not really in the race; and since they are not in the race, this justifies treating them as if they are not news.” PeopleIfsMayChancePartyRaceNewsVoteThirdsCandidatesJustifyThird Parties Author:Michael Parenti
“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
“[ James Comey] was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans. End of story. He gave a letter to them. They gave it to FOX News. Also, we have this extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign that they hacked.” EndsStoriesHouseActingRaceCasesInvolvedRepublicanNewsLettersClintonExtraordinaryCampaignsConcertsFoxesFox NewsCoordinationHackedKgb Author:James Carville
“The fact that many private expenditures are mutually offsetting actually happens to constitute a remarkably good bit of fiscal news. Mutually offsetting spending patterns are wasteful in the same way that military arms races are. In such situations, if each party spends less, nothing is sacrificed, yet resources are freed up that can be put to much better uses.” IfsWayFactsUseHappensBitsPartyRaceSituationMilitaryArmsNewsResourcesPatternsSpendingExpendituresArms Race Author:Robert H. Frank
“Nobody in college races home and says, 'I can't wait to see the news! I can't wait to see who CBS is going to hire!'” I CanHomeWaitingRaceCollegeNews Author:Lewis Black