Quotes About Sensationalism

People like scandals.

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.

As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers.

When the more lurid popular newspapers in England mentioned men in women's clothing 'nigger-dancing' at Chelsea parties, the 'blame' was laid on the frontline custom of soldiers donning dresses for troop shows.

Hate sells.

Cannibals are devouring senators.

I don't believe in sensationalism, but I do believe in the sensational.

They wanted to hear about the sex, of course. But not the rest; no one wanted to hear the rest.

I've never been shocked by anything on television, except the news.

Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie.

The bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict, and laziness.

Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.

There are systems upon systems that are incredible but possessed of a pleasing architecture or a certain agreeable sensationalism. The metaphysicians of Tlön seek not truth, or even plausibility - they seek to amaze, astound. In their view, metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy. They know a system is naught but the subordination of all the aspects of the universe to one of those aspects - any one of them.

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Especially when it's got a sexy headline.

The newspaper industry was built on the penny dreadfuls.

Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

Psychics are like porno stars," I said. "Anybody can be one.

They increases the number of cases in news to create panic in people everyday. #CVirusfact

The media makes a big deal of small issues.

Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion.

I think a lot of things get blown out of proportion in the media.

Everything isn't breaking news. You can't go to DEFCON One just because Sanjay Gupta found a new moisturizer.

Oasis are okay, but they're like The Sun: base.

So bring on your clubs and parties, your acrobats and magicians, your daredevils, jet cars, motorcycle helicopters, your sex and heroin, more of everything to do with automatic reflex. If the drama is bad, if the film says nothing, if the play is hollow, sting me with the theremin, loudly. I'll think I'm responding to the play, when it's only a tactile reaction to vibration. But I don't care. I just like solid entertainment.