Daily Inspiration Quote by Mark E. Hyman

“The news is what it is” is the kind of shrugging truism that doubles as a strategy. Mark E. Hyman positions himself as the sober adult in a room full of spin: the media isn’t a moral actor, it’s weather. That framing does two things at once. It sounds fair-minded and calming, and it quietly absolves whoever’s speaking (and whoever’s being covered) from taking responsibility for the information ecosystem they’re living inside.

The repetition - “it’s going to be... it’s going to be...” - isn’t poetic so much as procedural. It mimics the cadence of someone managing expectations on camera, sanding down the sharper edges of controversy. By listing “good,” “positive,” and “negative” as if they’re symmetrical, Hyman collapses very different kinds of coverage into a single neutral soup. “Positive” and “good” are basically the same word twice, while “negative” stands alone, a catch-all that could mean legitimate scrutiny, manufactured outrage, or a candidate’s own misconduct. The move: treat all outcomes as inevitable, not earned.

The key tell is the last clause: “all sorts of effects on candidates always.” That “always” universalizes the impact and dodges the specifics. It’s a protective haze - useful in celebrity or political contexts where you want to acknowledge media power without accusing anyone, and without admitting that “the news” is selected, framed, incentivized, and often engineered. The subtext is resignation dressed up as realism: don’t ask who’s shaping the story; accept that the story will shape you.