quotations about the news media
News is the manna of a day.
M. GREEN
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attributed, Day's Collacon
Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news.
ANONYMOUS
The Fourth Estate: A Newspaper for the Makers of Newspapers
The greatest influence over content was necessity--they had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words, provided it didn't include expletives, which they were apparently saving for their own use around the office.
TOM RACHMAN
The Imperfectionists
One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
In the Mecca
Without news to feed it, the biggest story starves.
EMLYN WILLIAMS
Beyond Belief
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
JAMES MURDOCH
Forbes, July 1998
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one.
MAX BROOKS
World War Z