Phil Gramm Quotes

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

Controversy sells books.

The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.

Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'

The media loves negative spin.

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

The paramedic called the press and sold me like a loaf of bread. This was news, and he wanted to be the one to report it.

The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

I don't appreciate, really, talking to journalists when there's a sense of wanting to kick up dust to sell more papers or get more hits on their Internet site.

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

… yellow journalism

To the chagrin of many, the media gravitates towards controversy.

The most shocking and scandalous story will always get people's attention.

Negativity sells.

Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper space than the pleasant ones. It must be that most people enjoy hearing of and reading about the troubles of others. Perhaps men unconsciously feel that they rise in the general level as others go down.

Sensationalism seems to sell more than wonderful-positive news.

We got the bubble headed bleached blonde comes on at five, She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye, It's interesting when people die give us dirty laundry...

I think yellow journalism is something that appears everywhere, in the underdeveloped and developed worlds alike.

The media should be ready to cover every event at the Oberois' residence. If Vivek's dog has dysentery tomorrow, we should be prepared to hear Vivek talk about it on camera for three hours.

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

Our line of work is very cynical, and a lot of it is driven by cynicism, cruelty, and meanness. It's easier to believe the negative stuff than the positive stuff. The feel-good stories don't usually spend a lot of time on the front pages.

It is not every day that a pop superstar gets involved with terrorism as a victim, so the press takes advantage of that to say things they think are funny.

We get the papers: I prefer broadsheets because I had the fear of God put into me by the tabloids and, though I'm very much over it, I still don't really like to read them. It's a destructive vernacular that makes me angry and scared, and it is all sensationalist onomatopoeia and alliteration.

Negativity gets attention and gets clicks.

If the front-page news is a comedian doing a joke that people think is naughty, that proves there's no real news that day, does it not?