Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the latest terrorist atrocity. – Michael Jeffery
The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. – Daniel Kahneman
Political reporters no longer get to decide what’s news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day’s headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you’re news. – Daniel Hannan
When news comes out, it ought to be reported. There shouldn’t be a moratorium based on legitimate news, just because it may or may not affect one candidate or the other. That’s just absurd. – Mark E. Hyman
At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings. – Norman Lear
I watch ‘Al Jazeera.’ They have news that you can’t find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too. – Dick Van Dyke
I’m pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox. – Evan Bayh
States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary. – Geoff Mulgan
Sometimes in news photography and so on, the pictures are a little bit dry, and put on the page and just set in a journalistic way in front of you. – Chris Hondros
I can’t take 24-hour news. Life is what it is, and we can handle it, but when you’re getting it pushed down your throat, it’s too much. – Colin Salmon
As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don’t get out of bed. – Natalie Massenet
I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news. – Nancy Gibbs
I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are. – Mark McKinnon
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved. – Marie de France
I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up. – Mike Duke
While it’s wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise. – Maria Bartiromo
Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you’ll buy products that they’re advertising. – Matt Taibbi
I’m so excited and honored to be part of ‘Entertainment Tonight!’ ‘E.T.’ was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn’t be more thrilled. – Nancy O’Dell
When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines. – Nancy Gibbs
I don’t listen to the news. I don’t read the newspaper unless it’s eccentric information – and the obituaries, of course. – Maira Kalman
I saw a report on the news: ‘Peter Dinklage tweeted… ‘ What? You know, I don’t need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that’s all I need. – Peter Dinklage
I can’t say that I have ever been fanatical about a show. To be honest, I’m not a big TV watcher. When I do watch TV, I watch the news. – Matthew Davis