“I started with the book Boardwalk Empire and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story.” ThinkingWorldBookWarStoriesCultureCitiesMovementPeriodsNewsPopsMagazinesWar Of The WorldsEmpiresWorld War IPop CultureProhibitionTemperanceBoardwalksAtlantic CityBoardwalk Empire Author:Terence Winter
“In general, I think very few people have a sustained interest in news.” PeopleThinkingInterestNews Author:John Hockenberry
“Reporters immediately push their interviewees into the most extreme version by saying in a shocked tone, 'Well, are you saying that ..." They're trying to make people be as hostile and opposed to each other as possible because they think only conflict is news.” PeopleThinkingTryingWellsConflictNewsExtremesVersionsToneReportersShockedHostile Author:Gloria Steinem
“I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.” ThinkingCertainCoursesInterestSpecialReaderNewsOrganizationYeahPressesProfitCommunicateBiasViewersSpecial Interests Author:Mark McKinnon
“[I read news] because no one's going to tell me what they really think of something.” ThinkingNews Author:Ed Helms
“Bad news, it's going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.” ThinkingHugeNewsEnvironmentalOilDisasterIceMexicoGood NewsCapsMeltingSpillsBad NewsRigsOil SpillGulf Of MexicoMelting Ice Author:David Letterman
“I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched. If I see them reading X Latin American Writer Who Sucks, I'm not psyched. But in terms of news, I do think that's important.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantImportantBookReadingTermNewsLatinGood WorkLatin AmericaJenniferAmerican WriterLatin American Author:Daniel Alarcon
“When you don't have as much debt as we do, we don't have to worry about having this debt ceiling fight every single year. And I really think people are getting sick of having this news cycle every single year from Congress, from the Washington bubble.” PeopleThinkingYearsFightingWorryNewsSickCongressDebtCyclesBubblesCeilingsDebt Ceiling Author:Katie Pavlich
“I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.” ThinkingPoliticalSocialProcessDoubtMediaDemandNewsConstantSocial MediaNo DoubtAdventNews Channels Author:Tony Abbott
“That's actually one of the most disappointing things about doing user interviews and user feedback, which is why I think... people don't do it. You're going to get negative news about your favorite pet feature most of the time.” PeopleThinkingNewsNegativeFeaturesInterviewsPetUsersFeedbackDisappointingYour Favorite Author:Emmett Shear
“Every morning you have the economic news from all over the world, from television, radio, the Internet, and an hour later the news changes and the numbers change. People run fast from one place to another, which is very risky because they don't have enough time to think.” PeopleThinkingWorldEnoughRunningHoursNumbersMorningEconomicTelevisionInternetNewsRadioEvery MorningEnough TimeTime To Think Author:Costa-Gavras
“How come they don't think you can handle a new story out of the blue on the TV news? They gotta make a little lame segue. "Hey, that's a big lotto jackpot! Speaking of lotto, there was a lot o' crime in the city today."” ThinkingLittlesStoriesBigsTodayFunnyCitiesComedyCrimeTvsNewsBlueHandleHeyLameJackpotTv News Author:Brian Regan
“I think it's something that you learn to deal with the more experienced you become. When I first presented live news, which was 12 years ago, I was very inexperienced and probably didn't deal with the pressure as well. I used to breathe very shallow when I was presenting and you could hear it in my voice and see it in my face.” ThinkingYearsFirstsWellsFacesUsedVoiceDealsNewsYears AgoPressureBreatheShallowPresenting Author:Jill Douglas
“I think because I came from a very strong news background and people were aware of me from that side of things, they appreciated me as a journalist. Maybe it was less difficult for me.” PeopleThinkingStrongDifficultSidesNewsBackgroundsJournalistVery StrongAppreciated Author:Jill Douglas
“People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie's babies if it weren't being given to them in the first place.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsWould BeGivenMediaBabyDrugNewsHungerMentalityFeedingPining Author:Patti Smith
“I think that if there are problems in journalism they're created by journalists... the trivialisation of the news and the sort of snyed, cynical allowance of untruth to be in a newspaper because it might be titillating.” IfsThinkingProblemMightNewsNewspapersJournalismJournalistCynicalUntruthAllowance Author:Russell Crowe
“I think if there's some kind of crisis in news journalism... a crisis of credibility, then it's been created by journalists. I'm empathetic, I understand it and I see it, but I'm not sympathetic about it. If you want people to think of journalism with higher regard then do better work.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantKindHigherNewsRegardCrisisJournalismJournalistCredibilitySympatheticEmpathetic Author:Russell Crowe
“The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is about the choices these guys are faced with. In that way, I think this is a more personal story about their friendship, about the reaction that they have when they're essentially faced with death, to a certain degree.” ThinkingWayWarStoriesFilmGuyCertainChoicesConversationDegreesNewsRadioBackgroundsReactionsPersonal StoriesRadio News Author:Elijah Wood
“You cover the bad news about America. You do. But you don't get up in the morning hating your country. And so, until somebody shows me lines at the border trying to get out, I think there's some good news.” ThinkingTryingCountryShowsAmericaHateLinesMorningNewsGet UpBordersShow MeGood NewsHate YouBad News Author:Roger Ailes
“I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantWould BeSchoolLeftHoursHalfSituationOpinionEconomicEventsTelevisionTaughtOughtNewsPressureRidiculousMediumsEveningJournalPublic SchoolHalf Hours Author:Walter Cronkite
“I don't think people talk to me because I'm such a good, charming, good-looking guy. I don't - whether that's true or not. I think they do it because I work for a major news organization, and they think that it can probably be helpful to them and their business interests or their personal interest and what have you.” PeopleThinkingGuyInterestMajorsNewsOrganizationHelpfulCharmingLooking GoodTalk To MePersonal InterestGood Looking Guys Author:Mark Leibovich
“I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of good news and love and comfort and hope across through people like us, ordinary people, or extraordinary people like Bono.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHappensComfortMessagesNewsOrdinaryAnd LoveExtraordinaryThings HappenBad ThingsGood NewsOrdinary PeopleBad Things HappenInterveningComfort And Hope Author:Philip Yancey
“The good news is that it doesn't cost much money to change your thinking. In fact, it can be done for free.” ThinkingDoneFactsCostNewsGood News Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news is priceless.” ThinkingPersonsHardFallFightingSidesBattleNewsPicksCancerPricelessDeliveryBad NewsYour SideAppointments Author:Jenna Morasca
“I think a lot of the history we've read up to this point, some of it is just off. It's written with the same prejudice that certain networks have when they report the news of the day.” ThinkingCertainWrittenNewsPrejudiceReports Author:James McBride
“I think democracy fails under a variety of conditions and one of the conditions occurs when people don't have the ability to get the kind of information they need to make up their mind. Ideologically, I don't care much for FOX News. But the truth is that, as long as there are countervailing points of view available on the spectrum, it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindKindLongMatterCareAbilityViewsDemocracyFailingConditionsInformationTruth IsNewsDon't CareAvailablePoint Of ViewVarietyI Don't CareFoxesSpectrumFox News Author:Howard Dean
“And also it's an ever-gathering process. If I pick up the Sporting News or some sports publication and there's an article on somebody and I think I might see that player, I will tear it out and put it in a file, and I have a looseleaf book so when we're going to play that particular team I take out all these clippings and things I pulled out, I go through them, highlight them, put them in the book.” IfsThinkingBookPlayMightSportsProcessPlayerTeamTearsParticularNewsPicksArticlesGatheringFilesPublicationHighlights Author:Vin Scully
“The Chicago City News Bureau was a tripwire for all the newspapers in town when I was there, and there were five papers, I think. We were out all the time around the clock and every time we came across a really juicy murder or scandal or whatever, they'd send the big time reporters and photographers, otherwise they'd run our stories. So that's what I was doing, and I was going to university at the same time.” ThinkingStoriesBigsRunningCitiesFivePaperNewsMurderTownsPhotographerUniversityNewspapersClockChicagoReportersPapersScandalJuicy Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“People always - I think were surprised about me connecting with folks in small town Iowa. And the reason I did was - first of all, I had the benefit that at the time nobody expected me to win. And so I wasn't viewed through this prism of Fox News and conservative media making me scary. At the time, I didn't think seem scary, other than just having a funny name. I seemed young.” PeopleThinkingFirstsReasonSeemsYoungWinningNamesMediaBenefitsNewsTownsFolksConservativeScaryExpectedFoxesSmall TownConnectingIowaFox NewsPrismsFunny Name Author:Barack Obama
“We don't have the Democrats doing a Fox News debate. They have decided they want to boycott Fox News, at least this election cycle. I don't see Hillary and Bernie Sanders doing a Fox News debate. And they should. We have great journalists on this network. I'm an opinion person. It wouldn't be me - that I think would do a great job. But if they're not going to put themselves in an environment like this, do you have to now reconsider, in other words, going forward, that maybe these liberal networks don't deserve the access to these candidates?” IfsThinkingWantShouldPersonsJobsOpinionEnvironmentNewsDeserveDecidedElectionClintonDemocratAccessDebateJournalistCandidatesCyclesFoxesGreat JobFox NewsBoycott Author:Sean Hannity
“The country's present supply of foreign news depends largely on how best a number of dry goods merchants in New York think they can sell underwear.” ThinkingCountryNumbersNew YorkDependsNewsSellsDryGoodsUnderwearMerchants Author:A. J. Liebling
“I started out as a television news anchor but I wasn't very good at it. I think I was too positive. I wanted to begin every newscast by saying, 'Good evening, in the news tonight...everything's great! Go to sleep. We'll let you know if anything important comes up.'” IfsThinkingKnowsImportantWantedSleepTelevisionNewsVery GoodCome UpEveningTonightAnchorsGoing To SleepTelevision NewsGood EveningNews Anchors Author:Bob Burg
“I think the news people no longer have any idea of what covering the news is.” PeopleThinkingIdeasNewsCovering Author:Bill Maher
“I think that what people want from cable news channels is the sense that if there's hard news, it's going to come up immediately.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHardLiteratureNewsCome UpCablesNews ChannelsCable News Author:Brit Hume
“I think when tragic things happen it is on surface. It is like the ocean. One the surface a waves and sometimes the wave is very serious and strong. But it comes and goes, comes and goes, and underneath, the ocean always remains calm. Tibetans have a saying: "If bad news comes to you listen here" (points to the right ear) "and let it our here" (points to the left ear).” IfsThinkingSometimesHappensLeftStrongSeriousOceanNewsEarsRemainsCalmWaveSurfaceThings HappenTragicComes And GoesBad NewsTibetan Author:Dalai Lama
“I think a lot of funds get their ideas from Wall Street. I just like to find my own ideas. I read a lot. A lot of news. I just follow my nose. A lot of times it's a dead end, but sometimes there's value there.” ThinkingIdeasEndsSometimesValuesMy OwnStreetsWallNewsNosesFundDead Ends Author:Michael Burry
“Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.” ThinkingSportsClearInternetNewsWeatherTaxonomyInternet Business Author:Bill Gates
“The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.” ThinkingKnowsNewsOffensiveGood News Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of Fox News, which has created an echo chamber in which people just hear the same ideas repeated ad infinitum. And you know, it's just basic advertising, basically. You hear the same idea over and over again. Or you can call it propaganda if you like.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasLastsPoliticalSidesVoiceNewsConservativeAdvertisingPropagandaAdsEstablishmentEchoesFoxesChamberSpectrumFox NewsVoice OverPolitical Spectrum Author:Bruce Bartlett
“Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now, every local station - I've been traveling around the country a lot, and you see the local news, and they give box-office reports.” ThinkingGivingCountryHappenedOfficeNewsBoxesLocalsReportsOur SocietyFedsStationsBeneficialBox OfficeLocal News Author:Bryan Cranston
“I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really their news reports. They let you know how their country is going through their eyes, and about their experiences in the everyday shock of growing up.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryShowsEyeYoungWatchesKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingNewsEverydayMusicalReportsShock Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I am in the fighting game, I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports. I don't care about anything I don't need to care about. This is my sport, it is my life. I study it, I think about it, all the time. Nothing else matters.” ThinkingNeedsMatterCareFightingGamesSportsWatchesStudyNewsDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Conor McGregor
“I think scandal probably attracted more American attention to Formula 1 than anything else in American news in decades. And that`s because it was a sex scandal, a particularly lurid sex scandal involving this guy Max Mosley.” ThinkingGuySexAttentionNewsDecadesFormulasThis GuyScandalMaxInvolvingFormula 1 Author:Rachel Maddow
“Seeds not planted or tended by choice tend to be weeds, so at least for me, it's very helpful to consciously and periodically choose which seeds I want to water, and to think through what I expect to happen from that watering. Investors can spend a lot of time and energy reacting to the latest bits of news and trying to predict the next surprise, rather than choosing a consistent set of daily actions that they can carry out as things develop, regardless of how they develop.” ThinkingWantTryingHappensActionChoicesNextEnergyBitsWaterNewsSurpriseSeedsConsistentHelpfulWeedInvestorsReactingTime And Energy Author:John Houseman
“I don't know what the long form of OK is. I wanna think it's okie dokie. 'I'm okie dokie. I'm a little shaken up, but I'm okie dokie.' 'The good news is, she's okie dokie. The surgery went fine.'” ThinkingKnowsLittlesLongFormFineNewsSurgeryGood News Author:Demetri Martin
“For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't you know, it's interesting. I think we don't make things up. We just distill it to, hopefully, its most humorous nugget. And in that sense it seems faked and skewed just because we don't have to be subjective or pretend to be objective. We can just put it out there.” ThinkingKnowsSeemsInterestingNewsHumorousExcitingObjectivesHopefullyFakeSubjectiveCatchingNuggetsCatching On Author:Jon Stewart
“For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.” ThinkingCharacterValuesCompanyNewsReflectionCorporations Author:Rupert Murdoch
“You think they could stop putting these experts on the news with their doomsday scenarios of how the terrorists might attack us? Because you get the sense they're coming up with ideas that these people haven't thought of themselves.” PeopleThinkingIdeasMightHavensNewsTerroristExpertsScenariosDoomsday Author:Greg Giraldo
“I've gotten to the point I won't even watch the 11 o'clock news. You just walk away from it thinking how bad everything is.” ThinkingWalksWatchesNewsClock Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“You watch the news these days? It's unbelievable. You think you just walk out your door, you're immediately gonna be raped by some crack-addicted, AIDS-infected pitbull.” ThinkingWalksWatchesDoorsNewsAidsThese DaysCracksUnbelievable Author:Bill Hicks