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

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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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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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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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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I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets. – Napoleon

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Journalism — a profession whose business it is to explain to others what it personally does not understand. – Lord Northcliffe

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