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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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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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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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Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. – Rebecca West

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. – Jean de la Fontaine

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In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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