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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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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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 newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. – Henry Fielding

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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. – Wendell Phillips

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All of us learn to write by the second grade, then most of us go on to other things. – Bobby Knight, on reporters

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