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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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley

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The one function that 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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If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event… what kind of film would you use? – Author Unknown

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Television has a real problem. They have no page two. Consequently every big story gets the same play and comes across to the viewer as a really big, scary one. – Art Buchwald, 1969

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Weve uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business. – Jimmy Carter

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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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Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood. – Robert Alan

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Not… what opinions are held, but… how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. – Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1950

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