Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-03-04 Mar 4, 2013It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.~ Edmund BurkeThere's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: "Beat it to death if it succeeds." ~ Ernie KovacsIt is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.~ H. L. Mencken Mar 1, 2013Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others.~ Doris LessingWe are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with the issues and subjects we choose to deal with.~ Richard M. CohenI am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of controversy is not warranted by the evidence.~ Edward R. Murrow Feb 28, 2013It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion.~ Joseph Paul GoebbelsBut those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which man is master, but the truths or semblances of truth which have a certain mastery over man. The material is explosive because it must be taken seriously. The men writing books really are throwing bombs.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.~ Milovan Djilas 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print