Notable Quotables
Issue date: 1/28/05 Section: Ed-Op
Originally published: 1/27/05 at 11:48 PM EST
Last update: 1/28/05 at 12:17 PM EST
Originally published: 1/27/05 at 11:48 PM EST
Last update: 1/28/05 at 12:17 PM EST
"There's nothing wrong with that. It's certainly legal. But it does pose problems for our democracy. Particularly when the news is dumbed down," leaving voters without critical information on politics and world events and overloaded with fluff."
Ted Turner, Godfather of CNN, likening Fox News Channel to propaganda of Nazi Germany, in comments at the National Association for Television Programming Executives's opening session.
"Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind - we wish him well."
Unnamed Spokesperson, in Fox News' response to Turner's Nazi allegations.
"But there is nothing to prevent states from cooperating and coming to an understanding on new resources and their allocation to a common cause."
Jacques Chirac, President of France, on proposing an international tax to fight AIDS. No plans were announced to tax for other diseases, such as cancer.
"So while I raise my voice on the Senate floor, I hope you will join us on the campaign trail and send the loudest message of all - one that the Republicans will not be able to ignore - unseating them in the midterm elections and sending more Democrats to the Senate."
Barbara Boxer, Senator (D - Calif.), using her objections at the Secretary of State confirmation hearing for Condalizza Rice to launch a fund raising effort for Democrats.
"I just started shooting. I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do."
Gloria Doster, owner of a country store in Atlanta, Ga., after two men tried to rob her store at gunpoint. Doster and her husband acted in self-defense and killed both suspects.
"He brought to our attention that African-Americans in particular need to understand how Social Security in its present condition affects the African-American community."
Michelle D. Bernard, senior vice president of the conservative Independent Women's Forum, relaying comments made by President Bush to the group. Pres. Bush referred to the significantly lower life expectancy for blacks.
"I wish I weren't governor, I'd take you out."
Richard J. Codey, acting Governor of New Jersey, after a DJ at NJ 101.5 made disparaging comments about post-partum depression, a condition which has afflicted Codey's wife. Codey has since insisted he wanted to "take him outside."
Ted Turner, Godfather of CNN, likening Fox News Channel to propaganda of Nazi Germany, in comments at the National Association for Television Programming Executives's opening session.
"Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind - we wish him well."
Unnamed Spokesperson, in Fox News' response to Turner's Nazi allegations.
"But there is nothing to prevent states from cooperating and coming to an understanding on new resources and their allocation to a common cause."
Jacques Chirac, President of France, on proposing an international tax to fight AIDS. No plans were announced to tax for other diseases, such as cancer.
"So while I raise my voice on the Senate floor, I hope you will join us on the campaign trail and send the loudest message of all - one that the Republicans will not be able to ignore - unseating them in the midterm elections and sending more Democrats to the Senate."
Barbara Boxer, Senator (D - Calif.), using her objections at the Secretary of State confirmation hearing for Condalizza Rice to launch a fund raising effort for Democrats.
"I just started shooting. I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do."
Gloria Doster, owner of a country store in Atlanta, Ga., after two men tried to rob her store at gunpoint. Doster and her husband acted in self-defense and killed both suspects.
"He brought to our attention that African-Americans in particular need to understand how Social Security in its present condition affects the African-American community."
Michelle D. Bernard, senior vice president of the conservative Independent Women's Forum, relaying comments made by President Bush to the group. Pres. Bush referred to the significantly lower life expectancy for blacks.
"I wish I weren't governor, I'd take you out."
Richard J. Codey, acting Governor of New Jersey, after a DJ at NJ 101.5 made disparaging comments about post-partum depression, a condition which has afflicted Codey's wife. Codey has since insisted he wanted to "take him outside."
