Fred W. Friendly
Fred W. Friendly former president of CBS News
- "No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand (as television)." (Source: Foreword to Presidential Television, 1973)
- "A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism." (according to ThinkExist.com Quotations Online http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/fred_friendly/
- "Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best." (Source: US News & World Report 12 Jun 67, After becoming professor of broadcast journalism at Columbia University)
- "The news is the one thing that the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - and they know it." (according to ThinkExist.com Quotations Online http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/fred_friendly/
- "Television was supposed to be a national park. (Instead) it has become a money machine... It’s a commodity now, just like pork bellies." (Quoted by Rushworth M Kidder “Videoculture” Christian Science Monitor 10 Jun 85)
- "I have a motto: My job is not to make up anybody's mind but to make the agony of decision making so intense that you can escape only by thinking."Open Mind Interview
- "What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us."Open Mind Interview
- "You gotta be willing to be lucky." (Source:family saying, borrowed from E.B. White)