quotations about the news media
A piece of news loses its flavor when it hath been an hour in the air. I love, if I may so speak, to have it fresh from the tree, and to convey it to my friends before it is faded.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, No. 625
News is the manna of a day.
M. GREEN
attributed, Day's Collacon
He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page.
ROBERT CORMIER
I Am the Cheese
I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories.
DAVE BARRY
Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
JAMES MURDOCH
Forbes, July 1998
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one.
MAX BROOKS
World War Z
One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
In the Mecca