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title: "3 Television Truth Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-kilmer/we-take-what-s-shown-on-television-as-the-truth-and-it-isn-t-news-isn/)

[Val Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-kilmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/val-kilmer-3242_definition_we-take-what-s-shown-on-television-as-th_872187.jpg)

> [Television is not the truth! Television is a goddamned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a travelling troupe of acrobats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-chayefsky/television-is-not-the-truth-television-is-a-goddamned-amusement-park/)

[Paddy Chayefsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-chayefsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/paddy-chayefsky-17963_amusement_television-is-not-the-truth-television-i_874901.jpg)

> [Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-chayefsky/television-is-not-the-truth-television-is-a-goddamned-amusement-park-2/)

[Paddy Chayefsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-chayefsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/paddy-chayefsky-17963_amusement_television-is-not-the-truth-television-i_1835025.jpg)

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