Sensationalism gets them every time.
Quotes about sensationalism (6 Quotes)
There's no improvisation here. Cuba has a plan to face hurricanes. The United States doesn't. It is vital that everyone be well informed, without sensationalism or cause for alarm. We do not turn hurricanes into a public spectacle.
When I was in office, the morning TV shows were dedicated to public policy. You'd turn on the 'Today' show and they'd have serious discussions of health-care problems and Cold War issues, and they'd have people from Congress on. Now it's all about lifestyle. It's cooking, it's dressing, it's celebrity-oriented, it's promotion of other television programs on the network, it's sensationalism. I think the heirs of William Randolph Hearst have taken over the whole industry.
There is excess violence, excess sensationalism, excess sex. We are looking at an excessive culture, and to see the excess only in Hollywood is a mistake that lifts a branch to block out the entire forest. The endemic problem is the excess that flows from the corporate need to deliver a profit statement this quarter larger than the last at the expense of every other value. You see that clearly in Hollywood.
When you have all this volatility in the market, people are naturally interested in what's going on. When the press reports when a fund blows up, it's sensationalism, but some investors wonder Is this going to hurt me Are these hedge fund managers making bets that are going to affect me
I think the Treasury Department report undermines the credibility of every witness that will be coming before the Congress this week, ... If we've had the kind of sensationalism and erroneous data provided to the committee in the past, it's very likely it'll happen again.