Media Quotes

When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.

The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.

The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.

People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

It sounds like a media line, but I'm passionate about thanking the fans for their support.

I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out.

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.

Tell us exactly - certainly our listeners - why does it appear that some folks, certainly in the Democratic Party and in the news media - seem to be afraid of you?

Most people see through these issues but the corporate media doesn't reflect these sentiments.

Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.

Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard.

I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

So, I get a kick out of working with the media.

I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with multiple men and women and not wanting to is prevalent. When you look at the majority of shows on television they placate that kind of behavior.

But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content.

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz " about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.

The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.

The media in America has become so cowed and compromised.

I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.

Eventually the story would spill over into the regular media.

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.

The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.

I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.

I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is.