“When I was younger, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist. He said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and move things forward. And that fascinated me... I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life...” TryingSaidBookMovingResponsibilityProgressWonderfulMediaCamerasNuclearFascinatedFrankPhysicist Author:Jeremy Gilley
“The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.” MotherFreedomLibertyProgressMediaPressesFree Press Author:Adlai E. Stevenson
“I think progress is a sort of comfortable disease, and we've got a media that says entertainment and celebrity, which isn't bad in itself but it stops the real issues coming forward.” ThinkingRealIssuesProgressMediaDiseaseComfortableEntertainment Author:Anita Roddick
“What won't work - what can't work - is to act like the last years never happened, and that the survival of the [mass media] industry will be found by hiding content behind walled gardens. Instead of sticking their finger in the dike, trying to hold back the flow of innovation, companies need to ride the rapids of progress and seize the opportunities it provides.” NeedsTryingYearsLastsFoundOpportunityBehindsCompanyProgressHappenedMediaIndustrySurvivalMassGardenFlowInnovationFingersHidingLast YearRapidsMass Media Author:Arianna Huffington
“As an organisation [Not for Sale] we use social media on a daily basis as a way to share the impact of how our support is having on individuals and communities. By building awareness, education and updating interested parties on the progress of the projects.” WayUseIndividualSocialCommunityPartySupportProgressShareAwarenessMediaBuildingProjectsBasesImpactSocial MediaOrganisation Author:David Batstone
“There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall.” CountryResultsProgressMediaChinaProductivityDownfall Author:Ai Weiwei
“The system happens to be Washington and the way politics works, because whatever it is, it isn't working. It defies common sense. And part and parcel of this, right in the middle of it is the media and their lying and their distorting and their favoritism and their efforts to impugn and destroy people like us who want to stop this mess that's been progressing in a deteriorating way for way too many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsHappensLyingCommonEffortProgressMiddleMediaCommon SenseMessWorking ItParcelDeterioratingFavoritism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think this [ statement that Donald Trump would fight for LGBTQ people] is not just a story of the media spinning people up, but it's a story of special interests on the left, who also feel like their candidate lost, and stoking the flames on the fire because it helps spin up their supporters and help their donations and help their organizations. And it helps, frankly, polarize the country to their short-term benefit and at the expense, frankly, of progress for LGBTQ Americans.” PeopleThinkingFeelsCountryHelpingStoriesFightingLostLeftTermInterestFireProgressSpecialMediaTrumpBenefitsOrganizationStatementsFlamesCandidatesExpensesSupporterShort TermSpinningSpecial InterestsDonation Author:Margaret Hoover
“What drives me is a sense of urgency. We live in frightening times. Progress towards gender equality and vital battles to end discrimination on grounds such as race, age, sexuality and disability are stalling and in some places, reversing. This is happening because of the collapse of trust in nearly all public institutions, and in particular in politics and media, and the inescapable feeling that the current system isn't working for most people.” PeopleEndsFeelingsAgeRaceProgressMediaParticularBattleHappeningsInstitutionsCurrentsGenderSexualityDiscriminationDisabilityCollapseFrighteningUrgencyGender EqualitySense Of UrgencyStalling Author:Catherine Mayer