“I have no feud, either with my employers, any sponsors, or with the professional critics of radio and television. But I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage.” TwoCultureTelevisionInstrumentsCriticsRadioOur SocietyHeritageEmployersAbidingSponsorsFeuds Author:Edward R. Murrow
“I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which is superior to any other. But to achieve its promise, it must be both free and enterprising. There is no suggestion here that networks or individual stations should operate as philanthropies. But I can find nothing in the Bill of Rights or in the Communications Act which says that they must increase their net profits each year, lest the Republic collapse.” ShouldYearsBelieveSaidI CanCountryIndividualI BelieveRightsAchieveTelevisionCommunicationPromiseIncreaseBillsProfitRadioSuperiorsEnterpriseStationsRepublicCollapsePhilanthropySuggestionsBill Of RightsFree EnterpriseEnterprising Author:Edward R. Murrow
“We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late.” LooksMayDifferentUsedMediaInformationTelevisionLateMassBuiltFatsFinanceGet UpToo LateDisturbingGood LuckSurplusMass MediaAllergiesGood Night And Good Luck Author:Edward R. Murrow
“I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.” ProduceTelevisionEndlessPillsItching Author:Edward R. Murrow
“One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.” ShowsThreeTroubleTelevisionNewsInstrumentsRadioProfessionAdvertisingDustJournalismCombinationSettlingRoofBizarreShow BusinessNever SettleTelevision News Author:Edward R. Murrow
