Media Mugs

Misinformation Pandemic

'You're listening to no repeat radio where we never play the same song twice! Yeah! No repeat radio! Where you'll never hear the same song twice! Only on no repeat radio!'

"Since I no longer trust the media. I get all my news from hysterical people on the street."

No Evil

An angel looks at a news box containing the "International Herald Tribune".

"Coming up on BBC Radio Four, I'm Dorries I haven't a clue."

Melvyn Bragg.

"Wake up, Larry - you're missing the pregame."

"So. . . who'd like to have a go at defining Britishness?"

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

'We don't have the answer, but we're really getting off on the attention.'

'Hey, that line's moving a lot faster!'

Gettysburg Address, "Now can we have it as a sound bite ?"

Information vs. Opinion Desks

"If you were to boil your book down to a few words, what would be its message?"

Targeted Advertising

'Do you want to be manipulated by the left wing media or the right wing media?'

"And, in a move sure to attract the attention of regulators, the private sector made a bid to acquire the public sector."

God hounded by the media.

'This looks good. It's a six-hour special on how society is becoming too sedentary.'

'Bloody paparazzi' - 'I know, it's at least 40 minutes since I rang them!'

'This is strictly off the record...'

'We're not intrusive - we keep a respectable distance.'

'Are we talking about political reality, media reality or the real reality?'

'I'll only give you the paper if you promise not to let the news upset you.'

'Responding to viewer sentiment, we have eliminated world news and expanded our entertainment and sports news.'

'Sleaze, please.'

In the Guru District

"It's all roadkill, and never a word about the chickens who get to the other side!"

Sign says Daily News: Read it for free online: Journalists wonder 'Where did it all go wrong?'

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

"The idea that the government introduces change for the SAKE of it is NONSENSE...we also introduce it so we have an endless stream of tabloid friendly headlines and meaningless sound bites."

"I'm going back to my room, where the media is a little less mainstream."

Meet the Enemy

Brain to man watching TV: 'Since you won't be needing me for a while, I'm going to run a few errands.'