TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

Quote by Fred Friendly

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Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine....

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine....

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not...

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not...

Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly, March 2nd, 1789 Well done,...

Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly, March 2nd, 1789 Well done,...

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Don't lie if you don't have to.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and...

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and...

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

Great liars are also great magicians

Great liars are also great magicians

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

3 common lies from guys: I'm sorry, I love you, I won't hurt you. 3...

3 common lies from guys: I'm sorry, I love you, I won't hurt you. 3...

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It...

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It...

If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...