We Are In The Same

We Have Currently A Built-in Allergy To Unpleasant Or Disturbing Information. Our Mass Media Reflect This. But Unless We Get Up Off Our Fat Surpluses And Recognize That Television In The Main Is Being Used To Distract, Delude, Amuse, And Insulate Us, Then Television And Those Who Finance It, Those Who Look At It, And Those Who Work At It, May See A Totally Different Picture Too Late.

It Has Always Seemed To Me The Real Art In This Business Is Not So Much Moving Information Or Guidance Or Policy Five Or 10,000 Miles. That Is An Electronic Problem. The Real Art Is To Move It The Last Three Feet In Face To Face Conversation.

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.

We Must Not Confuse Dissent With Disloyalty. When The Loyal Opposition Dies, I Think The Soul Of America Dies With It.

A Satellite Has No Conscience.