Quote by David Brinkley
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is

The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were. – David Brinkley

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People have this illusion that all over the world, all of the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world nothing is happening. – David Brinkley

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News
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Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. – David Brinkley

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History
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I think that in the minds of many, the press is being seen less and less as a neutral observer in the impeachment enterprise and more and more as participants, or even collaborators. On Medias Participation In Watergate – Patrick J. Buchanan

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Media, the plural of mediocrity. – Jimmy Breslin

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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll

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