55 Ari Melber Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ari Melber

American Journalist

Born: Mar 31, 1980

Because Every Government People Political Politics

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'House of Cards' is aiming for truth, not accuracy. Ari Melber

Truth Aiming House House Of Cards Accuracy Cards

Hypocrites are more enraging than extremists, as every campaign operative knows. Ari Melber

Every Extremists More Hypocrites Knows Operative Campaign Than

Iowa has long been heralded as a bulwark against the money and media that dominate the modern presidential race. Its caucus requires voters in every precinct to actually gather in a room, at one time, and listen to neighbors pitch their chosen candidates, before they are allowed to vote. Ari Melber

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I've worked in government. I've worked in competitive New York litigation, I've worked as a writer and reporte.. Ari Melber

Government Writer New York New York Litigation Worked Competitive

Younger viewers have a very strong detector for what's real and legit and what's phony or pandering. Ari Melber

Strong Pandering Phony Detector Real Very Younger Viewers

I think hip-hop has always been political because this is a community that doesn't have any other choice. Ari Melber

Political Community Think Other Because Always Hip-Hop Been Any Choice

Rick Ross has good beats, if some more questionable content. Ari Melber

Good Some More Beats Content Questionable Rick

Good lawyering is usually cerebral and impersonally. You can convince a judge with a mastery of facts, detail, and precedent - not a story from the gut about how you feel a certain way. Ari Melber

Good You Judge Way Detail Gut About Facts Feel Mastery How Precedent Story Cerebral Convince Certain Certain Way

I think the challenge for anyone in a visible industry, whether it's media, government, or political organizing, is to take serious criticism seriously and not to live in the shadows of the noise and the concern trolls. Ari Melber

Government Noise Political Seriously Challenge Criticism Live Think Visible Shadows Take Concern Industry Anyone Whether Organizing Serious Media

Only a few bloggers have the audience and credibility to effectively break stories, pressure the traditional media, incubate new ideas, or raise real money. These influential bloggers are usually sharp, opinionated, and focused on the world 'offline.' They refuse to view events through the solipsistic blinders of their own websites. Ari Melber

World Events Money Pressure Websites Few Own Focused Only Through Sharp New Ideas Blinders Audience Opinionated New Ideas Real Traditional Bloggers Effectively Real Money Refuse Influential Stories Break View Media Credibility Raise

News may not be very profitable anymore, but it sure is popular. Ari Melber

News Sure Very May Anymore Popular Profitable

The Dream Act and the DISCLOSE Act, to name two, had majorities in both chambers during Obama's first term, but they were filibustered to death. They probably await a similar fate unless the filibuster is reformed. Ari Melber

Barack Obama was first elected after a period of profound failure by elite and government institutions, from finance to foreign policy to Hurricane Katrina, and his first term immediately and unapologetically enacted a flurry of government solutions. Ari Melber

Finance Government Failure First Immediately Obama Hurricane Solutions Hurricane Katrina Term Institutions Period Policy First Term Foreign Foreign Policy His After Barack Barack Obama Elected Katrina Profound Elite

Politics has certainly changed a lot in an era of micro-targeting, Super PACs, and Twitter. Ari Melber

Politics Twitter Changed Super Era Lot Certainly

In politics, your opponent can be far more important than your vision. Ari Melber

Politics Vision Important More Opponent Than Far Your

If you believe in democracy, you accept, by definition, the existence and triumph of opposing ideas. The people who believe deeply in the Internet's force as a commons operate on that kind of premise. Ari Melber

Democracy You People Internet Opposing Believe Definition Kind Triumph Ideas Operate Force Accept Existence Commons Premise Who Deeply

TV ads are great for broadcasting, but voter turnout is about narrow-casting. And not all messengers are created equal. Ari Melber

Great Broadcasting TV About Ads Voter Equal Created Turnout

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