Comments on: Paris Hilton Killing Me Softly: How Mass Media Passes Off Crap as News… (plus Learning Annex, 4-Hour Frauds, and More)

By: Phenomenal Patrick

Phenomenal Patrick — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:45:56 +0000

Hi Tim,

Thank you so much for going ahead and writing your book. It’s exactly what I needed to be reading to get to the next level in my life and business.

I want to find out if you could share how you went about creating Brain Quicken LLC.

You mentioned in your book that you researched starting a dietary supplement company and two weeks later you had your first product to ship.

Would you go into more detail about the process you followed to find the product you wanted to market and how other people could do the same thing.

I’ve been quite successful of network marketing but for the last 10 months I’ve realized more and more that I don’t want a business that requires my presence but rather has systems that run it and your book just came at the right time.

Thank you so much for not being a fluff writer.

Patrick

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By: Cal

Cal — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:32:04 +0000

I Chose to avoid television at all costs sometime after I graduated high school in 1999. I have been to the movie theater a total of five times since then. I have always been a fan of horror films and murder mysteries - mainly intrigued by the way in which the crimes are solved. Perry Mason, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, etc.

When I began watching movies and television again (although selectively) the first movie I saw was Hostel. Needless to say it was quite a culture shock. That movie, along with all of the garbage from the media I’ve accumulated over my life has killed my taste for movies, television, horror and… oh heck, it slightly killed my sensitivity to watching people be cut open. The problem with that is now when I see serious wounds in person - things I would be squeamish about when I was a child - no longer affect me.

I studied criminal justice briefly in college and thanks to the media I can eat a full lunch while watching an autopsy. What a wake-up call for me. Being involved in the area of violence prevention, specifically in school, “media violence” is an issue I’ve had to tackle more times than Paris has put on that horrible pink lipstick. Violence in the media doesn’t directly cause our kids to be violent… but in conjunction with a toxic world filled with other vile influences, it sure can’t be conducive to a healthy way of life.

I’d watch Paris on TV before I would subject myself to modern day crime media. But in the end I’m sure both would have the same effect on me. *headdesk*

The saddest part of all is that people in this world are genuinely interested in that Paris/Lindsay Lohan bull.

I’ve started a “Good News” website to counter the garbage that is out there. The American media focuses only on the negative and whatever drama-of-the-week will boost their ratings. I respect Oprah, Steven Colbert, Bill Mahr, Anderson Cooper, a few other CNN guys whose names I can’t remember and Larry King. That’s about it.

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By: Kavit Haria’s Blog » Blog Archive » Outsourcing and my results

Kavit Haria’s Blog » Blog Archive » Outsourcing and my results — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:51:21 +0000

[...] days at one point. I am still as committed, if not more. To get over this, I am working on my dreamlines as Tim Ferriss puts it, and coming up with things that I want to have, be and [...]

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By: Baron VC » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-08

Baron VC » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-08 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:23:06 +0000

[...] Paris Hilton Killing Me Softly: How Mass Media Passes Off Crap as Newsâ€¦ (plus Learning Annex, 4-Ho... Some really incisive observations on mass media by the creator of Fark.com. (tags: media) [...]

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By: Joe @ Simple Truths

Joe @ Simple Truths — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:27:04 +0000

For a long time I thought I was weird. I never read the newspaper. I hated watching the news. I got a bit of news off the web, but in general, I didn’t pay any attention to the world and the BS the media calls news. Then I started reading books on success. In particular, you, and Jeffrey Gitomer, both practiced what I’d been doing for years. Paying no attention to the “news.” I love it. The news is nothing but depressing, and I don’t need it in my life.

Thanks for making me realize I’m not crazy, Tim!

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By: Will Sullivan's Journerdism » Another required registration news site bites the dust; Success and failure in social news operations; Google’s secret plans; new Facebook-type site for sexual history

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:20:35 +0000

[...] How Mass Media Passes Off Crap as Newsâ€¦ “There were certain things that respectable journalists wouldnâ€™t write about in the 50s. For example, JFK managed to keep his affairs under wraps even though most of the white house press corps knew about it. They refused to write stories on it because it wasnâ€™t respectable. Not that itâ€™s a great ideas to have affairs or anything, but at least there were standards. Those are being slowly whittled away. When Saddam was hung, illicit camera phone footage ran on every major network for three days. Weâ€™ve crossed the snuff film barrier; all we have left is hardcore pornography as a limit to what media wonâ€™t portray.” [...]

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By: Animal Abatement Specialists

Animal Abatement Specialists — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:31:20 +0000

Love the worksheet! Thanx!

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By: Monica Ricci

Monica Ricci — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:23:40 +0000

Like simplifying your life, being blissfully uninformed takes balls. You have to be willing to NOT know what’s going on in the world, which some folks are just not willing to do. It’s very much like having the balls to say NO to other things that complicate your life. Some examples people have a hard time saying no to:
Going into debt over holiday gifts
Keeping up with the Joneses (whoever they are)
Opting out of a social commitments just to have some time to yourself.

It takes balls to be *anything* other than the status quo and good for those who choose to do it, whatever way it manifests.

~Monica

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By: What I’ve Learned So Far » Blog Archive » Don’t “catch up” — just move forward.

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:48:26 +0000

[...] soon: More thoughts on this in the context of a low-information diet (hello, Tim Ferriss!) and my life as a [...]

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:37:17 +0000

That’s wrong Joe:

https://services.google.com/inquiry/aw_tmcomplaint

You don’t actually have to have the trademark (we call it a trade mark in the UK) registered to get the adverts stopped, if you are using something as a ‘mark’ you can claim ‘unregistered rights’ and they should remove the offending item within a few days.

The system works if you know how to work the system.

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