“As information technology becomes millions of times more powerful, any particular use of it becomes correspondingly cheaper. Thus, it has become commonplace to expect online services (not just news, but 21st century treats like search or social networking) to be given for free, or rather, in exchange for acquiescence to being spied on.” UseGivenSocialPowerfulMillionsTechnologyCenturyInformationParticularNewsTreatsOnline21st CenturyNetworkingCommonplaceCheaperSocial NetworkingInformation TechnologySocial NetworkAcquiescence Book:Who Owns the Future? Source: Who Owns the Future?
“The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseRunningAsksAnswersMediaFrontsNewsPagesExcuseExtensionsPollsEditorialsNews Stories Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“You know, when people talk about filmmaking and the techniques of filmmaking, we use them all the time in network television news in order to make our stories simpler, tighter and more understandable to the general public.” PeopleKnowsStoriesUseOrderTelevisionNewsTechniqueFilmmakingGeneral PublicTelevision News Author:Lowell Bergman
“Anybody hear the great news, today? Jimmy Swaggart under investigation! Oh Ja-eezus! One day every one of those cocksuckers will get caught! I understand in the case of Mr. Swaggart, that he claims that it was not multiple encounters with many prostitutes - apparently, only one sweet young thing. And he did tell Cal Thomas of the Moral Majority that the sex act itself was not fully consumated. However he did admit to doing something por-no-graphic with the girl. Let's use our imaginations, ladies and gentlemen.” UseTodayYoungGirlSexImaginationMoralCasesAtheismSweetOne DayNewsClaimsMajorityCaughtPositive AtheismGentlemanEncountersInvestigationMultipleGraphicJimmyLadies And GentlemenGreat News Author:Frank Zappa
“I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out.” IfsYearsDoeMadeUseBigsGuyOrderNextNumbersFourCuttingReadyMonthsDirectorsNewsCamerasPreparationShootingBossCostumesGood NewsCastaway Author:Tom Hanks
“Some news organizations made a mistake with the iPad in saying, 'Oh, it's a big iPhone.' The fact is the way people use the tablet versus the iPhone is so completely different which is why our iPhone and iPad apps look nothing alike.” PeopleWayLooksMadeDifferentFactsUseBigsMistakeNewsOrganizationVersusMade A MistakeIphoneAppsIpadsTablets Author:Vivian Schiller
“In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality.” UseRealityJusticeEnemyCasesGroupsNewsPercentTreatsMurderEverydayJournalismTargetReportersSpyTransmitImpunityStaggeringInsurgent Author:Mariane Pearl
“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
“The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.” LittlesUseNewsIntelligentFolksInvestorsCharmingEconomistEngagingGood NewsBad News Author:Barry Ritholtz
“You can't listen to the news. You have to go with the facts. You need to use a logical approach and have the discipline to apply it. You must be able to control your emotions.” NeedsFactsUseAbleEmotionDisciplineApproachNewsLogical Author:Blair Hull
“At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.” UseAmericaSpeechNewsGood ThingsFreedom Of SpeechFoxesFox News Author:Eric Idle
“A lot of the images I use are already out there in the public or in the news. I just steal them or photograph them or repaint them, so they've already been talked about, already been consumed.” UseNewsPhotographStealingConsumed Author:Nate Lowman
“You know a constellation of imperishable values. Live by the mighty truth and power of God. Live above the sludge of a sick society. Live among dispirited humans as the vanguard of peace and good news. Remember, our Commander in Chief has no use for tin soldiers.” KnowsHumansUseRememberValuesNewsSickSoldierChiefsLive ByGood NewsCommandersConstellationsPower Of GodTinCommander In ChiefVanguardSick Society Author:Carl F. H. Henry
“To define is to limit, to set boundaries, to compare and to contrast, and for this reason, the universe, the all, seems to defy definition....Just as no one in his senses would look for the morning news in a dictionary, no one should use speaking and thinking to find out what cannot be spoken or thought.” ThinkingShouldLooksReasonUseSeemsUniverseMorningLimitsNewsDefinitionsSensesBoundariesCompareContrastDictionary Author:Alan Watts
“Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.” PeopleStoriesUsePainLyingListeningNewsGood News Author:Karen Armstrong
“Hollywood is definitely now embracing a more natural approach to beauty. Staying "youthful-looking" is old news. The ubiquitous term "anti-aging" has become meaningless. Women today want to look like a more revitalized version of themselves. The bottom line is we all want to be natural. I am seeing an increasing number of people who want to match the products they use every day to a more natural, healthy lifestyle.” PeopleWantLooksUseTodayTermNaturalLinesNumbersSeeingProductsHealthyApproachNewsHollywoodAgingBottomLifestyleVersionsStayingMeaninglessBottom LineHealthy LifestyleOld News Author:Sophie Heyman Uliano
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“Some of the biographies [of princess Margaret] were really sensationalist, News of the World sorts, but they were great because they also gave first and secondhand accounts of her at home. The butlers come forward and give little moments, some of which you discard and some which ring somehow true and you use.” WorldGivingFirstsLittlesMomentsUseHomeNewsAccountsRingsPrincessBiographiesButlersLittle Moments Author:Vanessa Kirby
“There was so much fake news in Wisconsin, that Scott Walker stuff, they had fake polls. The protests in Madison, which is where the University of Wisconsin is, perfect examples of the use of fake news, trying to make Walker - really they tried to dispirit Walker's supporters.” TryingUseStuffPerfectExampleNewsUniversityFakeProtestSupporterPollsWalkersMadisonWisconsin Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“This era in human existence where so much information is out there, it's easy for someone like Donald Trump to use that to make his claim that information is fake news. And there are people who think 'I guess we should believe the President when he says it's fake news.'” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveHumansUseEasyPresidentExistenceInformationTrumpNewsClaimsErasFakeHuman Existence Author:Greg Graffin
“I read Google News and use NetNewsWire to keep up with general and tech news.” UseNewsGoogle Author:Steve Wozniak
“He’s speaking in the tone of voice that everyone uses when they’re about to break you apart. Gentle—kind, even—like they can make the news sound better just by speaking in a lullaby voice.” KindUseSoundVoiceBreakNewsGentleToneLullaby Author:Lauren Oliver
“Down in the national news section, there's an article on a new pill, the 'Valium' they're calling it, 'to help women cope with everyday challenges.' God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now.” LittlesHelpingUseChallengesCallingRight NowTenNewsEverydayArticlesSectionsPillsValium Book:The Help Source: The Help
“The good news (for writers) is that this means that ebooks on computers are more likely to be an enticement to buy the printed book (which is, after all, cheap, easily had, and easy to use) than a substitute for it. You can probably read just enough of the book off the screen to realize you want to be reading it on paper.” WantMeanBookEnoughUseReadingEasyRealizingPaperComputerNewsScreensSubstitutesGood NewsPrintedEnticementPrinted Books Author:Cory Doctorow
“I saw a news report recently that measured average video game use by American men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five: twenty hours per week. Do you mean the flower of America's masculinity can't think of anything more important to do with twenty hours a week than sit in front of a video screen? Folks, this ain't normal. Can't we unplug already?” ThinkingMenMeanImportantUseAgeAmericaGamesHoursFiveSawsWeekFrontsFlowerNormalNewsTwentiesAverageFolksScreensVideoThirtyReportsMasculinityTwenty Five Author:Joel Salatin