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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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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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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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Upon comparing BBC News with CNN: Melodrama is something foreigners do. – Jslayeruk, “Random points,” post after July 2005 London subway bombings

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A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. – Arthur Miller

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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Journalism is organized gossip. – Edward Egglestone

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