Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-02-25 Feb 25, 2013Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.~ Thomas JeffersonNewspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.~ Oscar WildeThe most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.~ Samuel Butler Feb 21, 2013A people are free in proportion as they form their own opinions.~ Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.~ Georg Christoph LichtenbergAny dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the [U.S.] media.~ Noam ChomskyTelevision was our chief tool in selling our policy.~ Richard HaassLimiting the freedom of news ‘just a little bit’ is in the same category within the classic example ‘a little bit pregnant.’~ Robert A. HeinleinThe Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.~ William Colby Feb 20, 2013A people are free in proportion as they form their own opinions.~ Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.~ Georg Christoph LichtenbergAn able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.~ Joseph PulitzerOne should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety in numbers; one should always remember that comedy, adventure, and escapism provide the best atmosphere for selling.~ Peter G. PetersonLimiting the freedom of news ‘just a little bit’ is in the same category within the classic example ‘a little bit pregnant.’~ Robert A. HeinleinYou shake a slogan at an American and it's just like showing a hungry dog a bone.~ Will Rogers Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print