“We have, without any fanfare or much conversation, moved into a era in which news organizations are expected to explain themselves. Twenty years ago, it would not be expected that the New York Times would explain itself. The concept of what accountability.” YearsNew YorkConversationNewsConceptsYears AgoOrganizationTwentiesMovedExpectedErasAccountabilityNew York TimesFanfare Author:Alex Jones
“Apparently 26 years ago, Arnold gave an interview to Oui magazine about his sex life. The good news is that Arnold is married to Maria Shriver and now that he's had a sex scandal, the Kennedy family has finally accepted him.” YearsSexMarriedNewsYears AgoAcceptedMagazinesInterviewsGood NewsScandalKennedy Family Author:Jay Leno
“I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel.” YearsHardOpinionNovelPiecesPaperNewsYears AgoSpendingBuyingSundayPapersBetter OffHandful Author:Gerry Adams
“I think it's something that you learn to deal with the more experienced you become. When I first presented live news, which was 12 years ago, I was very inexperienced and probably didn't deal with the pressure as well. I used to breathe very shallow when I was presenting and you could hear it in my voice and see it in my face.” ThinkingYearsFirstsWellsFacesUsedVoiceDealsNewsYears AgoPressureBreatheShallowPresenting Author:Jill Douglas
“I'm not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.” YearsWholeTvsCoupleNewsYears AgoQuittingNot InterestedOutlookI QuitOutlook On Life Author:Tom Petty
“It makes me wonder sometimes. Remember a couple years ago, when Mexicans went on strike? It was talked about a little bit but not that much. But some old white people, and there aren't even that many, they put bonnets on, and then they control the news.” PeopleYearsLittlesSometimesRememberBitsWhiteWonderCoupleLittle BitNewsYears AgoStrikesBonnets Author:David Sedaris
“Breaking news is a thing that's on TV all day. 10 or 15 years ago, breaking news would get everybody around the table because it was going to be something huge.” YearsTvsHugeNewsYears AgoTablesBreaking News Author:Bradley Cooper
“I just think that a much more important part of the problem we face, which was evident 10 years ago and is even more evident now, is that the way we share information among ourselves as American citizens has been radically transformed. The line between news and entertainment has almost dissolved, where ratings now have a big impact on what kinds of stories are covered and not stories.” ThinkingWayYearsKindHas BeensImportantStoriesProblemBigsFacesLinesShareInformationCitizensNewsYears AgoImpactEntertainmentCoveredTransformedEvidentRatingAmerican CitizensBig Impact Author:Al Gore
“If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might not have been true 10, 20, 30 years ago in - in part because of the way news is transmitted and in part because so many people are skeptical of mainstream news organizations that - everything's true and everything's false.” PeopleIfsWayYearsHas BeensCountryStatesMightPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesNewsYears AgoOrganizationImpactDebateMainstreamSkepticalVigilantForeign CountriesPolitical Debates Author:Barack Obama
“The good news is that by the second year, those cravings were about as half as frequent, and by the third year, half as much again. I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things crooked, I can't complain. After all those years of all kinds of abuse and crashing into trees at eighty miles an hour and jumping off buildings and living through overdoses and liver disease, I feel better now than I did ten years ago. I might have some scar tissue, but that's alright, I'm still making progress.” FeelsYearsKindLittlesStillsI CanMightHoursHalfProgressTreeBuildingTenDiseaseNewsYears AgoAll ThingsThirdsAbuseComplainingMilesAll KindsScarFeel BetterBentGood NewsJumpingCravingEightyAlrightCrookedLiverTissuesBetter NowOverdoseJumping OffScar TissueLiver Disease Author:Anthony Kiedis
“I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.” ThinkingYearsHappensHoursDifferencesPartyTvsNewsYears AgoCycles Author:George H. W. Bush
“A significant number of people believe tribal people still live and dress as they did 300 years ago. During my tenure as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, national news agencies requesting interviews sometimes asked if they could film a tribal dance or if I would wear traditional tribal clothing for the interview. I doubt they asked the president of the United States to dress like a pilgrim for an interview.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveStillsSometimesStatesFilmNationsPresidentUnitedNumbersUnited StatesDoubtNewsYears AgoDressesSignificantTraditionalChiefsAgencyInterviewsClothingsPrincipalPilgrimTenureCherokeeSignificant Numbers Book:Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women Source: Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women