“One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.” PeopleMenFirstsRealShowsCitiesWorryTelevisionStandardsSeasonsNew OrleansTelevision ShowsHigh StandardsOld Movie Author:Wendell Pierce
“Once, BBC television had echoed BBC radio in being a haven for standard English pronunciation. Then regional accents came in: a democratic plus. Then slipshod usage came in: an egalitarian minus. By now slovenly grammar is even more rife on the BBC channels than on ITV. In this regard a decline can be clearly charted... If the BBC, once the guardian of the English language, has now become its most implacable enemy, let us at least be grateful when the massacre is carried out with style.” IfsLanguageEnemyStyleHavensTelevisionStandardsRegardGratefulDemocraticRadioPlusDeclineAccentsBe GratefulGrammarGuardianEnglish LanguageUsageMassacresMinusPronunciationStandard English Author:Clive James
“Unlike any other player on the board, the press has no oversight, no mandate, few penalties, and even fewer consequences. Because there are not enough reporters on the ground, too many bureaus have outsourced both their reporting and standards to third party stringers whose spectacular videos of explosions and inflated body counts have shown up on both jihadist recruiting sites and American television screens, simultaneously.” EnoughBodyPartyPlayerTelevisionStandardsConsequenceThirdsPressesScreensVideoBoardsFewerReportersSitePenaltiesExplosionsSpectacularMandatesOversightThird PartiesAmerican TelevisionOutsourced Author:Matt Sanchez
“He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.” ThinkingWantGivingTelevisionPrideDemandCreatingLowsStandards Author:John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
“In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth.” WorldRealAgeEnergyRealizingWealthMediaTelevisionStandardsInstantGlobalizationStandards Of LivingUsageHigh StandardsHigh Energy Author:John Olver
“I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone who's willing to play the game or who looks like the person in charge. And this is a problem for all women, not just women of color.” ThinkingLooksPersonsStillsRealPlayProblemLastsGamesWhiteTelevisionColorWillingIndustryStandardsWorkersReplaced Author:Jami Floyd
“You used to have to make a choice. Is it a serialized television show, or is it a stand-alone or procedural? We were wildly influenced by The X-Files. Even when we created Fringe, it was the same thing. It's the gold standard of all gold standards, in genre television, and it was so wonderful because you felt so much for those characters.” CharacterShowsUsedChoicesFeltWonderfulTelevisionStandardsGoldGenreFilesFringeTelevision ShowsStand AloneX FilesGold Standard Author:Alex Kurtzman
“The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?” JobsPresidentPiecesTelevisionPoliticianWasteStandardsEthicalRevealingSlimeEthical Standards Author:Dave Barry
“Commercial television has lowered the general standard of TV in an endeavour to get millions and masses of people to watch the advertising. But that is not the problem of the advertiser.” PeopleProblemWatchesMillionsTelevisionTvsMassStandardsAdvertisingEndeavourAdvertisers Author:Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham