Bernie Sanders Quotes

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

Any celebrity that goes on Twitter and spouts off, as if we should care what they say, is opening himself or herself up to ridicule by anyone else.

People want to have a voice and a say in what is news.

I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.

Don't hate the media, become the media.

Word of mouth and the Internet are the only press we have left.

Part of the mystique of blogs is their protean quality: They work both sides of the divide between politics and media, further blurring the already fuzzy distinctions between reporter, pundit, political operative, activist, and citizen.

I'm very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.

I've always believed in speaking my mind, and I think the technology has made it more prominent. Even a common man's voice is heard prominently now, much to the chagrin and surprise of politicians. They aren't used to that.

What I was excited about was the opportunity for punters to be part of politics. The whole idea was to allow the voices of people outside this weirdo palace of Westminster to be heard. I thought the whole social media thing might be really positive.

You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.

Since the rise of television in the 1950s, the media have become the central forum for American politicking, and increasingly today that role is being played by the blogosphere. With the blogger and the viewer replacing the pamphleteer and the parader, politicians focus on marketing themselves and their causes to passive consumers rather than mobilizing passionate soldiers. The new language of politics sounds like this: Spin doctors stage photo ops as pollsters survey voter preferences, spawning celebrity candidates.

People having the power to express themselves at scale is a new kind of force in the world — a Fifth Estate alongside the other power structures of society. People no longer have to rely on traditional gatekeepers in politics or media to make their voices heard, and that has important consequences.

The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.

Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.

It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect.

There is this idea that your social media platform is the secret to success, but no one has quite proven that to be true, if you ask me.

The media has for us a fundamental priority because it is a weapon for the ideological struggle and a weapon to express to the people the hope that we all have.

I think the media, by and large, if you look at surveys over the years, has never been conservative-leaning by any measure.

One of the more urp-making habits of media mavens is presuming to speak for the American people, as in 'The American people won't stand for this!'

There's just a proliferation of blogs and the chattering classes and people talking. More avenues for people to make their feelings known, which is good.

It's hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion.

You live by the media, you live by the polls, you've got to suffer by the polls, too.

It's harder to do anything in the public eye now, in terms of if you're worried about scrutiny or being judged negatively. It's not as much of a free ride. If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets, and they all have an opinion.