Yellow Journalism Quotes

“Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“Honey, it isn’t democracy that runs this country. Capitalism rules. It does no good to reason with the capitalists or their politicians. This is a class war. We have to stir up the American people, the lower class. Some of the better-off lower class do show some sympathy for us when they’re smacked with the facts. And when they voice themselves collectively, good things happen.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash

“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when I put my shoes under my bed. The courageous men, women and children who are with me (blocked from crossing the bridge into NYC) are also citizens of this country and will be sleeping near their shoes too. I want them with me tonight, here, in the city of New York. We are all American citizens.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash

“The greatest monster that there is: fake news media: torture with bullying, psychological warfare, spying and then using truthful misleading to complete their plot. The cheapest job ever.”
― Maria Karvouni

“তাই আমি ‘প্লী’টা বদল করতে চাই, য়োর অনার! ভোট দিয়ে যাঁদের দেশশাসক বানিয়েছি – তারা হয়ে উঠেছে দেশশোষক! পার্লামেন্টারি ডেমোক্রেসিতে এর একমাত্র প্রতিষেধক: স্ট্রং অপোজিশান: দুর্নীতিমুক্ত শক্তিশালী বিরোধীপক্ষ! এ-দেশে সেটা আকাশকুসুম! কী প্রাদেশিক সরকারে, কী কেন্দ্রে! সর্বত্রই শুধু পার্টিবাজি, গ্রুপবাজি, নির্লজ্জ খাওয়া-খাওয়ি। পার্টি নেতৃত্বে উপরে ওঠার জন্য সহযোদ্ধাকে লেঙ্গি মারা।
এই যখন দেশের অবস্থা তখন কার দিকে ভরসা করে তাকাবে নিপীড়িত দেশের সাধারণ মানুষ? শেষ ভরসাস্থল ছিল: সংবাদপত্র; শেষ আশ্রয়স্থল ছিল সাহিত্যিকেরা। রামমোহন-বিদ্যাসাগর-বঙ্কিম-হরিশচন্দ্র-দীনবন্ধু-রবীন্দ্রনাথের উত্তরসূরীরা। কিন্তু ঐ মুষ্টিমেয় ক্ষমতাদর্পীর বিকৃতচিন্তায় আমরা সেখানেও আশাহত। ঐ হারিত-জারিত-লারিত গবেষণা করে জানাচ্ছেন: “রামমোহন রায় কিংবা দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের ডিনার টেবিলে সুরাপান”-এর আয়োজন হত এবং সেটাই তাঁদের বিষয়ে মুখ্য আলোচ্য-বিষয়! বঙ্কিম বাঙলা লিখতে ঠিক জানতেন না। আর হরিশচন্দ্র মুখার্জী ─ সেই আদর্শ সাংবাদিক, যিনি নীলবিদ্রোহের বার্তা তাঁর পত্রিকায় প্রকাশ করার প্রচেষ্টায় বস্তুত প্রাণ দিলেন ─ তাঁর সম্বন্ধে এঁদের বক্তব্য “দেশপ্রেমিক হরিশ মুখার্জীর পরদারগমনের উল্লেখই অনেকের কাছে ভয়াবহ বোধ হয়।”
― Narayan Sanyal, মান মানে কচু

“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across the border to tromp on our Constitution makes my blood boil.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“Turning back to the crowd I say, “I am duty bound to make this plea, but I want to say, with all due respect to the governor here, that I doubt seriously that he will do — cannot do — anything. And for the reason that he is owned, lock, stock and barrel, by the capitalists who placed him here in this building.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“To the RKO motion picture camera at her 100th birthday party: “I pray for the day when working men and women are able to earn a fair share of the wealth they produce in a capitalist system, a day when all Americans are able to enjoy the freedom, rights and opportunities guaranteed them by the Constitution of the United States of America.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“Go home now,” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”
“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.
“For guns and ammunition,” says I.”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“What do you see out there?” I ask.
“Pittsburgh,” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell with the lid taken off.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“What the hell’s the matter with you men? Are you cowards as well as stupid? You boys make me sick. I’m done with you. You hear me? I want you to go back to your places now and stay with your children until I say you’re needed.
“Tell your wives and your older children to bring with them dish pans and cooking pots. Tell them to bring their stirring spoons and ladles. Tell them to carry a mop over their shoulders. We’re goin’ to march on that mine and we’re going to stand guard to see that no scabs are allowed in. Do you hear me?” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a union meeting. I have some things to say today that God would not want to hear in His own house. Boys, I want you to get up, every one of you, and go across the road. I want you to sit down on the hillside over there and wait for me to speak to you.”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“Yellow journalism should be illegal. They invade the lives of innocent people and evoke inexistent situations with the aim to preserve evil for profit. They can’t find anything and they construct.”
― Maria Karvouni

“Well, honey, it’s capitalism that brings out the meanness and greed,” says I. “Our founding fathers did a decent job of framing our democracy. They wrote the Constitution and added a Bill of Rights that intended for people of all classes to enjoy the freedoms the Constitution offers. But capitalism came along without a constitution or a bill of rights and the industrialists grabbed unrestricted power. The capitalists wrote their own ‘Declaration of Capitalism’.” — Mother Jones”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel

“Naturally, people — especially in America — live in the moment and, given the “crisis” orientation of cable news, think that [the 2000s are] the worst period the country has ever gone through. Not really.”
― Ivan Eland

“Societies sometimes smear Wisdom and her natural, symmetrical beauty. She is at times caked beneath the extreme makeup of dirty politics and yellow journalism. At times she may appear to be the red, far-right extremist to a majority that has drifted too far left - and at other times, the blue, far-left extremist to a majority that has drifted too far right. 'She' is Wisdom, a beacon in the center of hope and a lighthouse to be utilized. She is truth that must be washed by the sea of Love.”
― Criss Jami

“With a camera, a microphone, and sufficient cash, you, too, can craft your own version of the world and emblazon it with a premium of fear over facts. (Be warned though: Paranoid schizophrenia makes for compelling film, but it's no way of life.)”
― David T. Hardy, Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man: The Crockumentary Dissected―Camera Tricks, Spinning Statistics, and the Truth

“The pen has always been mightier than the sword but sadly in today's journalism the ink is sponsored.”
― Amit Abraham

“In Italian papers, rumor often takes the place of fact. Unconfirmed and overblown stories are often printed as fact - one trick is the frequent use of the conditional verb tense which translates into English as “is said to”...”
― Sari Gilbert, My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

“Yellow journalism turns purple when third page obituaries appear on page one.”
― Mantaranjot Mangat, Plotless

“Zaqar Publishing House, a beast of red brick and chipped plaster, protruded from the surrounding buildings like a broken branch in swamp muck. You could hear the whirring of the massive printing presses from the street. Soot and smoke coated the walls, making it look like a smudge. This was, of course, in the days before the paper’s façade had to yellow for it to survive.”
― Marcel M. du Plessis, The Silent Symphony

“Neon signs flashed the word “NEWS” in ironic yellow.”
― Marcel M. du Plessis, The Silent Symphony

“The only thing yellow journalists care about is to have something verified even if it true or not. As long as it is reasonably explained they do not care to publish lies. It is wrong profession.”
― Maria Karvouni, You Are Always Innocent