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The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility and always, always… — George Clooney
The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools — John Dewey
I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it. — Phil Donahue
I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that. — Phil Donahue
...because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands… — Eduardo Galeano
The media is supposed to be custodians of the facts and watchdogs of government. They have, for the most part, neglected to be either of… — Janeane Garofalo
The handful of corporations that own most of the media outlets have an interest in reflecting establishment views. — Janeane Garofalo
Today, the media dictatorship is becoming a substitute to military dictatorship. The big economic groups are using the media and decide who can speak, who… — Danny Glover
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… — Amy Goodman
What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we've been told in this country throughout these… — Bianca Jagger
The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being — Thomas Jefferson
If the communications media are a good destined for all humanity, then ever-new means must be found - including recourse to opportune legislative measures -… — Pope John Paul II
There cannot be forgotten the great possibilities of mass media in promoting dialogue, becoming vehicles for reciprocal knowledge, of solidarity and of peace. They become… — Pope John Paul II
It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the… — John F. Kerry
People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media. — Ted Koppel
Can we break the machine that is imposing right-wing radicalism on the United States? The scariest part is that the media is part of that… — Paul Krugman
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated… — Walter Lippmann
The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined. — Bill Moyers
An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in… — Bill Moyers
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe. — George Orwell
I can't tell you how many times we'll run into a journalist and go, "Boy that's...I wish we could be saying that. That's exactly the… — Jon Stewart
The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately… — Barbra Streisand
I think people are too often misinformed and, in some cases, deceived. We don't have a full marketplace of ideas in this country that in… — Katrina vanden Heuvel
Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending… — Rowan Williams
We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so that our field of choice shall be… — Edward Bernays

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