The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.
- Fred W. Friendly
News, Networks, One Thing, Everything Else
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
- Fred W. Friendly
Lie, Composite, Dishonest, Journalism
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
- Fred W. Friendly
Teacher, TV, Reports, Printing
Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.
- Fred W. Friendly
Television, Like, Commodity, Bellies
Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
- Fred W. Friendly
Television, Worst, Makes, Afford
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