When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

—Edward R. Murrow

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About Edward R. Murrow

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Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.

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The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem of what to say and how to say it.

—Edward R. Murrow

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices—just recognize them.

—Edward R. Murrow

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

—Edward R. Murrow

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If those in charge of our society—politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television—can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

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I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.

—Trey Parker and Matt Stone

All television is children's television.

—Richard P. Adler

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

—Peter De Vries

Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.

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