quotations about the news media
A raised eyebrow, an inflection of the voice, a caustic remark dropped in the middle of a broadcast can raise doubts in a million minds about the veracity of a public official or the wisdom of a governmental policy.
SPIRO AGNEW
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speech the Midwest Republican Regional Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 1969
A piece of news loses its flavor when it hath been an hour in the air. I love, if I may so speak, to have it fresh from the tree, and to convey it to my friends before it is faded.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, No. 625
The newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
2001: A Space Odyssey
Without news to feed it, the biggest story starves.
EMLYN WILLIAMS
Beyond Belief
One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
In the Mecca
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
JAMES MURDOCH
Forbes, July 1998
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one.
MAX BROOKS
World War Z