Clever Quote by Gore Vidal

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

— Gore Vidal

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

— Tina Brown

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

— Naomi Campbell

“The American people thoroughly despise and hate their newspapers; yet they seem to have no idea what to do about it, and take it…

— Upton Sinclair

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

— Oscar Wilde

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.

— Eric Alterman

We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion…

— Walter Cronkite

I don't know why we said half the stuff that we did to journalists. It was almost as if we didn't think they were…

— Shaun Ryder

There is a dumbing down of the news. Newspapers today seem more like tabloids. I have to wade through seven newspapers before I can…

— Shabana Azmi

Americans have this patrician attitude that they have a God-given right to produce these boring newspapers and not be challenged to do it. 'The…

— Andrew Neil

People don't actually read newspapers - they get into them every morning like a hot bath.

— Marshall McLuhan

To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers.

— Frances Trollope