Quote by David Brinkley
People have this illusion that all over the world, all of the time

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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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 advertisements are the most truthful part of a newspaper. – Thomas Jefferson

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I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons. – Ogden Nash

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News is the first rough draft of history. – Philip L. Graham

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I keep reading between the lies. – Goodman Ace

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