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# Newton N. Minnow

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Newton Norman Minow was an American attorney who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He is famous for his 1961 speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland". While still maintaining a law practice, Minow served as the honorary consul general of Singapore in Chicago, b

##  Quotes by Newton N. Minnow

> [“On a visit to the space program, President Kennedy asked me about the satellite. I told him that it would be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newton-n-minnow/on-a-visit-to-the-space-program-president-kennedy-asked-me-about-the/)

Newton N. Minnow

[Ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/newton-n-minnow-97302_ideas_on-a-visit-to-the-space-program-presiden_306318.jpg)

> [“As we think about the next 50 years, I remember a story President Kennedy told a week before he was killed. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newton-n-minnow/as-we-think-about-the-next-50-years-i-remember-a-story-president/)

Newton N. Minnow

[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/newton-n-minnow-97302_gardening_as-we-think-about-the-next-50-years-i-re_2171264.jpg)

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