“So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent.” PeopleHas BeensMadeGovernmentTodayNamesResultsPolicyTelevisionDirectRadioConsentBehalfGovernment PolicyInformed Consent Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.” WorldGovernmentSchoolStepsCareersPolicyTelevisionFellowsPressesCorporatePublishingHarvardPublic Policy Book:Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Source: Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
“Remember how he handled the Iran-contra Never Ending Scandal from Hell? He went on national television, the President of the United States, and said it wasn't his fault, because he was not aware, at the time, of what his foreign policy was.” SaidStatesFunnyRememberPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHellPolicyTelevisionFaultsIranForeign PolicyScandalNever EndingReaganomicsIran Contra Book:Dave Barry Turns Forty Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty
“The awful scenes of death and suffering we were witnessing on our television screens have been going on in other parts of the world for a long time, and only now can we begin to know what people have gone through, often as a result of our policies.” PeopleKnowsWorldLongHas BeensSufferingResultsGonePolicyTelevisionSceneLong TimeScreensAwful Author:Howard Zinn
“Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative funding models. So I think that's one of the questions for our time: do we want to intervene in this model or completely acquiesce and leave it to the unfettered, not-actually-that-free market? Neither path is inevitable.” ThinkingWantTechnologyPathPolicyTelevisionCreatingModelsAlternativesInevitableOur TimeFree MarketFundingCivil SocietyPublic PolicyIntervening Author:Astra Taylor
“The press has not done a fair job of exposing his [Bernie Sanders] policy. He has not had the television time that he deserves or that Hillary Clinton has. He has not had the ability to connect with black people in the mass way.” PeopleWayDoneJobsBlackAbilityPolicyTelevisionMassDeserveFairsPressesClintonBlack PeopleExposing Author:Killer Mike