“ The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ A church service starts and ends with a prayer. A magazine starts and ends with an advert. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ When reading a book, you are sold what some writer thought. When reading a newspaper, you are sold what someone did, and, what some advertiser made. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ We are all the judges and the judged, victims of the casual malice and fantasy of others, and ready sources of fantasy and malice in our turn. And if we are sometimes accused of sins of which we are i… Iris Murdoch
“ When attempting to turn things around for a particularly disliked or controversial client, Sitrick was fond of saying, We need to find a lead steer! The media, like any group of animals, gallops in a… Ryan Holiday
“ Because instant and credible information has to be given, it becomes necessary to resort to guesswork, rumors and suppositions to fill in the voids, and none of them will ever be rectified, they will… Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“ One of the cardinal rules of journalism: Once you have cabled a story you must stick by it and back it up, unless something completely overwhelming proves you to have been wrong. In such a case, just… Wynant Davis Hubbard
“ Interviews were invented to make journalism less passive. Instead of waiting for something to happen, journalists ask someone what should or could happen. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
