To begin with, we should acknowledge that in the media we shoulder a mission, which journalists should remain aware of as they perform.
The ads usually begin with "we salute" or "we celebrate", but they simply don't want to be called racist for not acknowledging it.
"To begin with, we screwed up.
Several network executives privately argued that the situation is under control, at least from their end, and that there is no epidemic of inappropriate movie advertising on prime-time television to begin with, though most acknowledged there had been some.
Many, like Omid Safi, director of Duke University's Islamic Studies Center, believe that a compromise can be reached -- and Safi says it will begin with acknowledging and reclaiming Islam's rich art history.
I'd say their demands begin with "acknowledge our existence," and move on to "make a nominal investment to covering what is happening in our lives".
But if we learn to treat time as the precious commodity it is, and allow it to bestow us with blessings in the right moment, we begin to acknowledge that we can have exactly what we want.
Major Irene Burks of the police force in Prince George's County, Maryland, said such improvement would begin with law enforcement agencies acknowledging "their role in injustices and discrimination".
Short of removing nuclear aspirants from power, the only hope for persuading them to change direction begins with acknowledging the strong impulses for security and identity that lie behind their policy.
Management begins with acknowledging the symptoms as real and reassuring the patient that it is a recognised albeit rare condition.
Understanding the chemistry of rejection begins with acknowledging our undeniable value as human beings.
