"One of the basic troubles with radio and……" — Edward R. Murrow
"One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles."
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Edward R. Murrow
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57 Quotes by Edward R. Murrow
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People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
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A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be…
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The politician is . . . trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded,…
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A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.
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We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
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If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an…
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A satellite has no conscience.
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Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.
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When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus…
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We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and…
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The fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to…
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I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and…
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