For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea

Quote by Enoch Powell

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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.

History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.

To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.

To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.

All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We...

All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We...

Going on the radio is like talking to a nice girl you know; you think...

Going on the radio is like talking to a nice girl you know; you think...

We are so cleverly manipulated and influenced by the media and establishments on both the...

We are so cleverly manipulated and influenced by the media and establishments on both the...

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on...

The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

Now, they have invented a new war to fire our passion and capture imaginationThe War...

Now, they have invented a new war to fire our passion and capture imaginationThe War...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and...

The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with...

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the...

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by...

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by...

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought