Media Matters: Presidents, publishers and ‘Citizen Kane’
“You know, Mr. Thatcher, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.”
– Charles Foster Kane
Richard Campbell
Media Matters: Local news and state support
“The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.”
–Bill Moyers
Media Matters: OFP is 2 years old!
“Local news is the glue that helps hold communities together.”
– Margaret Sullivan, former media columnist, Washington Post
Media Matters: Objectivity and news – a history lesson
“My job is to spend half the time repeating what one side says, and half the time repeating the other. Little thing called 'objectivity' – might want to look it up….” – ‘Senior Media Correspondent’ Rob Corddry to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (2004)
Media Matters: ‘Bowling Alone’ revisited
“I've never lived in such a civically-active place my whole life as Oxford. I joke that if you walk too slowly down the street you'll get drafted onto a committee.” – David Prytherch
Media Matters: TV talk under FCC surveillance
“Wait a minute, this used to be my show. It’s like driving by your old neighborhood and realizing that where you used to live, they’re putting up an adult bookstore.” – David Letterman on the demise of “The Late Show” on CBS
Media Matters: “Extra! Extra! AI just wrote this headline”
“I’m not worried about AI taking over the world. I can barely get my Roomba to clean under the couch.” – Rita Rudner, comedian.