quotations about the news media
A piece of news loses its flavor when it hath been an hour in the air. I love, if I may so speak, to have it fresh from the tree, and to convey it to my friends before it is faded.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, No. 625
News is the manna of a day.
M. GREEN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Journalism is in fact history on the run. It is history written in time to be acted upon: thereby not only recording events but at times influencing them.
THOMAS GRIFFETH
attributed, Nieman Reports, 1958
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
JAMES MURDOCH
Forbes, July 1998
One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
In the Mecca
A raised eyebrow, an inflection of the voice, a caustic remark dropped in the middle of a broadcast can raise doubts in a million minds about the veracity of a public official or the wisdom of a governmental policy.
SPIRO AGNEW
speech the Midwest Republican Regional Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 1969
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one.
MAX BROOKS
World War Z