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"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."

— Fred W. Friendly

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No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us.

"You gotta be willing to be lucky."

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