2017 November 10
"The media can now wistfully reflect on their glory days of the 1970's when the majority of people actually bought into their bullshit."
"Read, every day, something no one else is reading.
Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.
Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do.
It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity."
"...the mainstream media's monopoly on information is over."
2017 November 09
"While birds can fly, only humans can argue.
Argument is the affirmation of our being.
It is the principal instrument of human intercourse.
Without argument the species would perish.
As a subtle suggestion, it is the means by which we aid another.
As a warning, it steers us from danger.
As exposition, it teaches.
As an expression of creativity, it is the gift of ourselves.
As a protest, it struggles for justice.
As a reasoned dialogue, it resolves disputes.
As an assertion of self, it engenders respect.
As an entreaty of love, it expresses our devotion.
As a plea, it generates mercy.
As charismatic oration it moves multitudes and changes history.
We must argue -- to help, to warn, to lead, to love, to create,
to learn, to enjoy justice, to be."
2017 November 08
"There's nothing so absurd
that if you repeat it often enough,
people will believe it."
"Terrorism is the best political weapon
for nothing drives people harder
than a fear of sudden death."
"There's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: "Beat it to death if it succeeds." "
2017 November 07
"Our job is to give people not what they want,
but what we decide they ought to have."
"News reporters are certainly liberal and left of center."
"The news is like a ship. If you take hands off the wheel, it pulls hard to the left."
2017 November 06
"The liberty of the press is most generally approved
when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone."
"The majority of us are for free speech
when it deals with subjects concerning
which we have no intense feelings."
"If you believe everything you read,
you better not read."
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