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Fred W. Friendly
American
Producer
About the author
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,
American
Producer
#Pride
#News
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
Fred W. Friendly,
American
Producer
#Teaching
#Press
#Printing
Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
Fred W. Friendly,
American
Producer
#Television
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
Fred W. Friendly,
American
Producer
#Lie
#Journalism
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,
American
Producer
#Now
#Money
#Television
#Machine