Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
Television was supposed to be a national park. (Instead) it has become a money machine... It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
I have a motto: My job is not to make up anybody's mind but to make the agony of decision making so intense that… — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
While the Constitution is what the judges say it is, a public issue is something that Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor recognizes as such.… — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
Today's reporter is forced to become an educator more concerned with explaining the news than with being first on the scene. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
