“FACE THE NATION is the second oldest program on television. It began in 1954, fifty-eight years ago. I've been here at the table for the last twenty-one.” YearsLastsFacesNationsTelevisionYears AgoProgramTwentiesTablesEightFiftyTwenty One Author:Rodney Erickson
“If every violent program in the nation were blipped off the air for 48 hours, and replaced by reruns of the 'Donna Reed Show', there would not be one less death in South Central LA. At most you'd have several more incidents of people shooting out their TVs.” PeopleIfsShowsNationsHoursAirTelevisionTvsProgramSouthViolentShootingReplacedIncidentsReedsReruns48 Hours Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“I think if you'd had television cameras at Gettysburg, this would be two nations today. People would not have put up with that carnage if they saw it up close. We'd have elected McClellan in 1864.” PeopleIfsThinkingTwoWould BeTodayNationsSawsMediaTelevisionCamerasCarnageGettysburgTwo NationsMcclellan Author:George Will
“Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas are debated, leaders are assessed and criticised, and a nation of 170 million people is finally discovering, together, what it thinks.” PeopleThinkingFirstsIdeasTogetherGivenNationsLeaderMillionsTelevisionFirst TimeDiscoveringPakistanForums Author:Mohsin Hamid
“What other developed democracy has such a ridiculous and squalid history of intolerance? From the imprisonment and roasting of heretics, witches and poachers, to the censorship of literature, art and television: from St Alban through Wilde, Joyce and Lawrence I think we can point with pride to as grim a catalogue of intemperate, bigoted repression as any nation on earth.” ThinkingArtEarthLiteratureNationsDemocracyTelevisionPrideRidiculousWitchCensorshipIntoleranceRepressionGrimDemocracies HaveImprisonmentHereticJoyceCataloguesWildeRoastingPoachers Author:Stephen Fry