Shane Smith

“American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds. I think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan proved it has completely failed to act as an effective fourth estate. And young people didn't sleep through that, as is widely believed; they learned instead not to trust what they were being told.”

“I came to America from Canada because Canada is stultifyingly boring and incredibly hypocritical.”

“The problem that we've had is four media companies run media, globally. And some say they're on the Right and some say they're on the Left; look, they're all afraid of losing Ford as a client. So they're all, by definition, huge companies that are going to be inherently conservative.”

“I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.”

“Are my politics Democrat or Republican? I think both are horrific. And it doesn't matter anyway. Money runs America; money runs everywhere.”

“Advertisers realize that Gen Y is the largest purchasing cohort. Also, that you're going to have to accept some different modes of thinking if you're going to get to them.”

“I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers at each other.”