The most puzzling thing about
The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.
– E(lwyn) B(rooks) White
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- Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will
- The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don’t know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. – Gary Ackerman
- It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth.’ and so it goes away. – Robert M. Pirsig
- It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, “Go away, I’m looking for the truth,” and so it goes away. – Robert M. Pirsig
- Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy them on-line. What’s so revolutionary? The Internet has mainly affected our leisure life. – Ha-Joon Chang
- Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. – John Clapham
- Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. – John Clapham
- The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were. – David Brinkley
- The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were. – David Brinkley
- Literature is news that stays news. – Ezra Pound