Media Enthusiast Pillows

Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop

Strictly off the record.

'By the way, is this off the record?'

"We hope you've enjoyed the year in review!"

North American Newspaper Industry.

Journalist flooding an area

Print media strikes back.

'I like your enthusiasm, Booker, but I'll let you know when there's muck to be raked.'

'We don't have a press officer we have lawyers.'

"Unconfirmed reports suggest that there may have been a breakdown in communication."

News presenters read inane text messages from viewers: 'And a text from Stuart in Gloucester ... HAHAHA DAT CRAKS ME UP!!! LOL!! UR DA GR8EST :-)XOXOX'

'My patients are picking up so much medical knowledge through the media that I feel more like their consultant than their doctor.'

Create some buzz!

"The relatively placid seas and those vacationers behind me notwithstanding, Dan, it's really starting to blow out here."

"I'm running away from home to join the media circus."

"I was an investigative journalist until they investigated me."

"Bob, get out of the road! Don't just stand there like a human in front of a TV screen!

"Our school paper was bought by Rupert Murdoch."

'...And, finally, we have a bit of 'good news'' ... 'I'm sorry, we've lost that portion of our program.'

'All ready?'

"Shouldn't you be reading a book?"

'Welcome to the Ted Turner dream network!'

Terry Wogan

'I need to appear bold and decisive. Won't someone PLEASE ask me a yes or no question?'

The benefit of an old-fashioned newspaper.

"I want to have that operation I heard about on All Things Considered."

'No comment!'

"Tonight there is no news and recent surveys indicate that that my be good news."

"We don't go to therapists-we just watch them on TV."

Ideas for a Simon Cowell Show - Picking the one true region.

Fiona Bruce

'We interrupt this Special Bulletin to give you an even more special bulletin!'

We've substantially modified the concept of advertising.

"To answer your question, we may or may not be trying to have it both ways."

Then/Now: Antennas vs. Satellite Dishes.