“What he knew was that most people did not have the stomach— or the cash— to actually take it very far against a media outlet. He felt protected by the moat explained in the old twentieth-century proverb: Never fight a battle against someone who buys ink by the barrel. It’s easier to just let the who…”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com
“Many of you in media understand why too easy access to guns is big part of the problem. Too easy access to mass media infamy following mass murder/suicide is also part of the problem. Research is more than clear at this point. Please do your part. Report responsibly, to inform.”— Zeynep Tufekci, twitter.com
“In an era in which the very idea of truth is so fraught and fungible, there’s something reassuring about art returning to things that refer to what they’re supposed to.”— Hanya Yanagihara, digiday.com
“If Family Feud is the most important program in the history of television, it is because it rewards people for knowing what others know.”— Michael Suk-Young Chwe, amazon.com
“The thing about Trump is that he’s a bad guy to the point where it looks manufactured. Are we playing games here? He can’t really be that bad. I’m not a conspiracy theorist at all — I don’t give a shit about that stuff — but it looks like Trump’s just trying to spark division. It looks like a game.…”— Erykah Badu, vulture.com
“There aren’t rules for how we can or should think about something. We don’t have to believe everything we’re hearing. At least I don’t think we do. I’m glad I don’t watch this stuff.”— Erykah Badu, vulture.com
“I'm not actually pop culture or social media savvy. I really didn't know what Twitter was when I created an account.”— Misha Collins, inspiringquotes.us
“I think publishers are much more savvy now in general. We have seen the trend move toward engagement metrics and slightly smaller, but more targeted and engaged audiences. We are significantly smaller in owned and operated reach than are many of our competitors, but advertisers have responded very f…”— Michael Wertheim, digiday.com
“Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coercion, brainwashing, and manipulation.”— Terence McKenna, amazon.com
“If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”— Malcolm X, amazon.com
“I suspect that this rediscovered appetite for physical experience is going to go way beyond brands that want to make a more memorable connection with consumers. The heady valuation of WeWork speaks to the fact that even the gig economy doesn't change our need to be around others, and WeWork's $200 m…”— Paul Woolmington, adage.com
“The press must grow day in and day out—it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.”— Joseph Stalin, marx2mao.com
“The loser here is Facebook. I can’t imagine that taking off all this quality news content and replacing it with personal connections experiences will result in deeper engagement.”— Justin Smith, digiday.com
“There are going to be a lot of outraged media think pieces about Trump’s “shithole” comments. But lets not forget how the media has long dehumanized Africa and its people by only covering war, poverty, disease, and political malaise. That is, if Africa is covered at all.””— Karen Attiah, twitter.com
“[I]f an image keeps changing really quickly your brain doesn’t learn to concentrate, and it gets so that you can’t concentrate because you get so used to seeing things only for a second that you don’t take in what you’re seeing. It’s not good for people who want to study or learn something.”— Sinead O'Connor, books.google.com
“I think that television should be abolished completely. I think it’s completely destructive and there’s nothing positive about it, nothing at all.”— Sinead O'Connor, books.google.com
“The media bubble is the ultimate symbol of what's wrong with this country. It's just a circle of people talking to themselves who have no fucking idea what's going on.”— Steve Bannon, hollywoodreporter.com
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while...I want you to quote this, the media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States... The elite…”— Steve Bannon, nyti.ms
“I don't need the affirmation of the mainstream media. I don't care what they say. They can call me an anti-Semite. They can call me racist. They call me nativist. You can call me anything you want. OK? As long as we're driving this agenda for the working men and women of this country, I'm happy.”— Steve Bannon, cbsnews.com