Media Mavens Pillows

'I realize that you're upset that Oprah hasn't reviewed your new book on her show. But you are on MY show, so why don't you tell us what inspired you to write 'Overcoming Disappointment and Resentment.''

Where does the news come from? And where does fake news come from?

"Make my speech so incomprehensible it won't matter if I'm taken out of context."

"Accepting for..."

"They're dividing into three groups, Sire. Infantry, cavalry, and media."

"I prefer 'prostitute'. 'Media whore' implies that I'm not getting paid."

'I NEED to KNOW what funky name the media will christen the new decade, to follow the noughties.'

Man hiding behind chair from aggressive tourism advertising

News of the World

"She leaked WHAT to the press?"

Scratch 'n' sniff edition...

"An appointment? Let's see... She could fit you in before breakfast TV, or after lunch on Radio Two, or between Radio Four afternoon and the Drive Home SHow..."

"There's no such thing as 'bad publicity'." "All traffic is good traffic."

In the Guru District

''...And defend the Constitution of the United States.' -- And now, I'd like to pardon the following Illinois politicians....'

"National security adviser"

"And this is our media room."

'Do you realize that we're sitting in a prefabricated house, eating precooked dinners, and listening to Chris Matthews' opinions?'

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

Danae's Career Plans: 'The major product manufactured today is punditry, so I'm honing my argumentative skills to work my way to the top of the blow hard industry..my goal is to become a spin ninja...'

Signs: Sales, Profit and Media coverage.

'It's a novel based on a movie adapted from a magazine article that was inspired by a video game.'

The President Elect approved by 3 out of 4 talk show hosts!

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

"Reports that AI is planning a world takeover are greatly exaggerated."

Reporter #6: television.

"So is this war movie rated R, rated PG, or rated RPG?"

Man blending in to his chair is reading Optical Illusion Monthly magazine.

"Citizen Kane first draft... Citizen Kane By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz Int. Kane's bedroom Kane's old voice Call a freaking ambulance! Rosebud..."

Fifty shades of Leveson.

The Freedom of the Press is Worth Fighting For!

'I'm in the den, mom, reading the newspaper for my social studies class.'

"Okay, quote me. I'm on the record."

"Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're our only hope."

"Welcome back to the We Were Bored and Had Nothing Else To Do podcast."