To Be Credible We Must

Fame Is Morally Neutral.

One Of The Basic Troubles With Radio And Television News Is That Both Instruments Have Grown Up As An Incompatible Combination Of Show Business, Advertising And News. Each Of The Three Is A Rather Bizarre And Demanding Profession. And When You Get All Three Under One Roof, The Dust Never Settles.

Tuberculosis, Starvation, Fatigue, And There Are Many Who Have No Desire To Live.

We Are To A Large Extent An Imitative Society.

I Have Said, And I Believe, That Potentially We Have In This Country A Free Enterprise System Of Radio And Television Which Is Superior To Any Other. But To Achieve Its Promise, It Must Be Both Free And Enterprising. There Is No Suggestion Here That Networks Or Individual Stations Should Operate As Philanthropies. But I Can Find Nothing In The Bill Of Rights Or In The Communications Act Which Says That They Must Increase Their Net Profits Each Year, Lest The Republic Collapse.