“White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.” WarShowsHomeHouseWhiteIssuesFocusLengthWhite HouseShifting Author:Ron Fournier
“The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.” Has BeensRealShowsSocialIssuesHairGenreDeclineSocial IssuesJerryMetamorphosisTalk Shows Author:Cristina Saralegui
“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim.” IfsShowsSidesIssuesWeaponsRelationNuclearSincerityNuclear WeaponsNorth KoreaMissilesKoreanDiplomaticLikelihoodSlimNorth KoreanAbductionDiplomatic Relations Author:Koichi Haraguchi
“The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of Independence, an 'unalienable right' that 'governments are instituted among men to secure.' History shows us that the Founders were not always convinced that unlimited discussion of public issues would be 'for the benefit of all of us' but that they firmly adhered to the proposition that the 'true liberty of the press' permitted 'every man to publish his opinion'.” MenMatterShowsGovernmentWould BeIndividualInterestLibertyOpinionIssuesBenefitsIndependencePressesConvincedEvery ManSecureDiscussionFreedom Of SpeechFoundersDeclarationUnlimitedPropositionsHistoricPublishDeclaration Of IndependencePublic InterestDissemination Author:John Marshall Harlan II
“A lot of issues were on the ballots. In New York City there was Proposition 14. That would put a ceiling on the number of late-night talk shows. And California passed Proposition 21. That would change guacamole officially to guac.” ShowsNightNumbersCitiesIssuesNew YorkLateCaliforniaNew York CityPropositionsCeilingsBallotsTalk ShowsLate NightGuacamole Author:David Letterman