Michael McFaul (1963) American academic and diplomat
"Izvestia Interview with Michael McFaul" in Carnegie Endowment for World Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2002/05/15/izvestia-interview-with-michael-mcfaul-pub-984 (15 May 2002)
Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’ by Michael M. Grynbaum New York Times https://nyti.ms/2jChcKC (January 26, 2017)
Michael McFaul (1963) American academic and diplomat
"Izvestia Interview with Michael McFaul" in Carnegie Endowment for World Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2002/05/15/izvestia-interview-with-michael-mcfaul-pub-984 (15 May 2002)
Andrew Breitbart (1969–2012) American writer and publisher
Interview with Bill O'Reilly, April 22nd, 2011 http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-orielly-andrew-breitbart-donald-trump-video-2011-4 (Video) http://www.mediaite.com/tv/andrew-breitbart-in-2011-donald-trump-is-not-a-conservative/
Manmohan Singh (1932) 13th Prime Minister of India
On his legacy, as quoted in "History will be kinder to me than the media, says Manmohan" http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/history-will-be-kinder-to-me-than-the-media-says-manmohan/article5535346.ece, The Hindu (4 January 2014) <br class="br">2011-present
Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) American judge
Massachusetts v. United States, 333 U.S. 611, 639-40 (1948) (dissenting)
Judicial opinions
“People don't think. My goal in work is to make them think. The media do the opposite.”
Terry Gilliam (1940) American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
Terry Gilliam's flying circus (2006)
Context: I like the Coen brothers. Their films are smart and disturbing. I am very impressed by what George Clooney is doing now. He is very political. I like the fact that he did Oceans Eleven and Oceans Twelve, made all that money and then leveraged the money and his success into interesting projects. Johnny Depp has also set up a production company and is showing an interest in risky projects that will not be easy.
I am sorry that it is hard for the average person, and even for an above-average person, to see a film that is not a Hollywood production. You see those films only in the festivals. There are few people there. That is worrying. People don't think. My goal in work is to make them think. The media do the opposite.
Steve Bannon (1953) American media executive and former White House Chief Strategist for Donald Trump
Source: According to " “Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation" (2018)
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
Bernie Sanders on Democratic Socialism: We Want to Create an Economy That Works for All of Us https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/13/bernie_sanders_democratic_socialism_defense_democratic DemocracyNow (13 September 2019) <br class="br">2010s, 2019, September 2019
Amy Goodman (1957) American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman
John le Carré (1931) British novelist and spy
John le Carré (1931-2020) on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa & More, Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/25/john_le_carre_1931_2020_on (25 December 2020)
“What the media are telling you to be afraid of are the wrong things…”
Michael Moore (1954) American filmmaker, author, social critic, and liberal activist
Interview with filmmaker Michael Moore, Rolling Stone (January 2003)
2003
Context: What the media are telling you to be afraid of are the wrong things... Fear is a necessary ingredient of our survival instincts.