Quote by Barry Glassner

Frightening media messages...pervade the news business, which really ought to be called "the bad news business" for its preoccupation with disaster and destruction. In…

— Michael Medved

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

— James Taylor

Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then…

— Hodding Carter

News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something…

— Dan Gilroy

“Unfortunately, mainstream news has become infotainment, sharing more in common with the entertainment industry than with traditional journalism. Gossip, characterizations and injections of drama…

— Lance Morcan

“Violent crime is at an all-time low in our country, yet numerous studies show that crime is a significant portion of news coverage. By…

— Gever Tulley

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

— Aaron McGruder

But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an…

— Gregg Easterbrook

Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.

— Anonymous

Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If…

— Harry Allen Overstreet

The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It's all crap.

— Ray Bradbury

The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it…

— Vera Brittain