Ari Melber Quotes

Ari Melber

Profession : Journalist

Birth : March 31, 1980

The Trump administration has struggled with ethics vetting for Cabinet nominees and faced criticism for the president's decision to remain invested in his business empire.

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Why do Tea Party backers oppose abortion at higher rates than their traditional GOP cohort? Religion.

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Here is one iron law of the Internet: a social network's emphasis on monetizing its product is directly proportional to its users' loss of privacy.

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

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Thieves don't usually make good therapists.

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Corporations, like nations, do not have friends. They have interests.

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When I get serious criticism - if I get serious criticism - it's about how I'm thinking and engaging in a topic. I can't think of an example of someone saying, 'You're too nice.'

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Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves, for themselves, all the time.

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I feel like I'm totally me, and I feel like the show reflects my intensity, my vibe, and my search for evidence and answers.

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Progressive bloggers should not only write on behalf of the members of America's underclass but also empower them to join the discussion.

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Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.

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If anything, the genuine human struggles in 'Sicko' raise questions about our society that run much deeper than what passes for political discourse today. Why does such a rich nation let people suffer and die without health care?

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I do listen to Drake.

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There are a lot of things that people learn and live through culture first, and politics comes afterward.

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

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Obama must scrutinize and disassemble the post-Sept. 11 imperial presidency, even if he reduces his own power in the process.

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TV is still a 'push' medium - we are broadcasting into any home or business with basic cable, and depending on what's happening in the world, we have a wider audience, from news junkies to very sporadic viewers. On TV, you want your reporting to be valuable to that entire audience and be relevant.

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The Obama campaign has adeptly used YouTube and social networks as a relatively thrifty way to do targeted messaging.

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