America Quote by Eric Alterman

Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.

— Oscar Wilde

Throughout all ranks of society, from the successful merchant, which is the highest, to the domestic serving man, which is the lowest, they are…

— Frances Trollope

I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater…

— Ben Bradlee

American newspapers are dying mostly because they were so dull for so long, a whole generation gave up on them.

— Tina Brown

When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.

— Ethan Zuckerman

In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

— Naomi Campbell

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

— Gore Vidal

In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change? One big factor, of course, is that…

— Dave Barry

Every newspaper in the country covers stories that other newspapers cover. Every industry is filled with people who are competing to do the best…

— Ezra Klein

Keep in mind that in 1985, I had a potential readership of over 50 million Americans. At that time, a good portion of those were under 30.

— Berkeley Breathed

And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you and I…

— Assata Shakur