Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-02-27 Feb 27, 2013We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.~ Edmund BurkeThe 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 BrinkleyEverybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.~ Gertrude Stein Feb 26, 2013People everywhere confuse, What they read in newspapers with news.~ A. J. LieblingThe first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it is accurate, it follows that it is fair.~ Herbert B. SwopeIn the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.~ Nelson Antrim Crawford 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print