Great saying by great authors Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

— George Bernard Shaw

Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation.

— George Bernard Shaw

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

— Oscar Wilde

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

I do think the biggest problem newspapers have is loss of trust, and I feel that's a result of failure to speak truth to…

— Craig Newmark

Newspapers are horror happening to other people.

— Nadine Gordimer

Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like…

— Simon Winchester

We have perhaps all said things in unguarded moments that we would not want printed in newspapers.

— John I. Jenkins

Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion.

— Walter Lippmann

All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced…

— H. L. Mencken

When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be looked for.

— Frances Trollope