Fred W. Friendly

(1915–1998) Journalist

10 quotes in 60 categories

Fred W. Friendly was a journalist, best known for Due to circumstances beyond our control ...

Quick Facts About Fred W. Friendly

Born: October 30, 1915
Died: March 3, 1998
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: Due to circumstances beyond our control ..

About Fred W. Friendly

Fred W. Friendly was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Fred W. Friendly

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

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Bigger

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Television was supposed to be a national park. (Instead) it has become a money machine... It's a commodity now, just like pork…

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Commodity

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No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

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Ambitious

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I have a motto: My job is not to make up anybody's mind but to make the agony of decision making so…

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Agony

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Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

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Television

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A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

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Euphemism

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While the Constitution is what the judges say it is, a public issue is something that Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor recognizes…

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Agendas

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Today's reporter is forced to become an educator more concerned with explaining the news than with being first on the scene.

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Concerned

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What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us.

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Citizens

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The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know…

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Crap

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