“This year of news wasn't just extensive, it was exhausting on a spiritual level.”— The Esquire Editors, esquire.com
“65 percent of “anti-vaccine content” on Facebook and Twitter originated from twelve influencers within the anti-vaxxer movement.”— Matt Binder, mashable.com
“Why y’all keep asking where the police at? Y’all ask where Miley’s at when Hannah’s on stage?”— Beytwicé, twitter.com
“The House voted 275-134 to pass the $2,000 direct payments bill on Tuesday, with 44 Republicans joining the majority of Democrats.”— Axios, axios.com
“Prosecutors allege Maxwell helped Epstein traffic and abuse underage girls; he died by suicide awaiting trial last year.”— Jonathan Dienst, Joe Valiquette, Tom Winter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, nbcnewyork.com
“Ladies and gentlemen, before you hear it on the news, I'm gonna tell you. About an hour ago we had an incident where one of the employees stuck their arm through the cage and a tiger tore her arm off.”— Joe Exotic , imdb.com
“Investors were already worried about their valuations and ability to generate consistent profitability before the coronavirus crisis.”— Paul R. La Monica, cnn.com
“I wonder now to what extent circulating that mugshot made it easier for people to see me as a stigmatized other worthy of death wishes.”— Keri Blakinger, twitter.com
“There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as ‘moral indignation,’ which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.”— Erich Fromm, brenebrown.com
“Yes, the world is suffering from traumatic levels of lovelessness right now, but what really brought me to my knees these past few months was how susceptible I was to perpetuating lovelessness in my own response to our collective pain.”— Brené Brown, brenebrown.com
“It's a sad, sad day for everyone who likes trendy fast fashion that's super cheap: Forever 21 just filed for bankruptcy.”— Alexandra Whittaker, Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan.com
“My former friend actually sucks, and here are some personal details about her addiction and suicidality is not a good premise for a story.”— Tiana Lowe, washingtonexaminer.com
“Congratulations, you thrillingly, thrillingly adept journalist, you have discovered that Lauren Duca is not perfect. Put it in the headline, baby.”— Lauren Duca, buzzfeednews.com
“Garner and Brown's deaths became flashpoints for coast-to-coast protests against police brutality and systemic racism.”— David K. Li, NBC News, nbcnews.com
“Could President Donald Trump really be serious about wanting to buy Greenland?”— NBC, Caroline Radnofsky, Denise Chow, nbcnews.com
“While on trial for a murder I didn’t commit, my prosecutor painted me as a sex-crazed femme fatale, and the media profited for years by sensationalizing an already sensational and utterly unjustified story. It’s on us to stop making and stop consuming such irresponsible media.”— Amanda Knox, gen.medium.com
“The subpoenas are an attempt for Messer to uncover the full scope of McFarland's finances in relation to the festival.”— Alyssa Hardy, teenvogue.com
“The current social infrastructure of the Internet seems all but custom-built to turn white nationalists into media stars.”— Aaron Miguel Cantú, thebaffler.com
“The problem today is deeper than revising individual pieces: Journalists must revise their entire code, and recalibrate the metrics for what constitutes 'the truth.'”— Roger Sollenberger, pastemagazine.com