Fred W. Friendly Quotations

Fred W. Friendly former president of CBS News

"No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand (as television)." (Source: Foreword to Presidential Television, 1973)
"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism." (according to ThinkExist.com Quotations Online http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/fred_friendly/
"Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best." (Source: US News & World Report 12 Jun 67, After becoming professor of broadcast journalism at Columbia University)
"The news is the one thing that the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - and they know it." (according to ThinkExist.com Quotations Online http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/fred_friendly/
"Television was supposed to be a national park. (Instead) it has become a money machine... It’s a commodity now, just like pork bellies." (Quoted by Rushworth M Kidder “Videoculture” Christian Science Monitor 10 Jun 85)
"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."Open Mind Interview
"What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us."Open Mind Interview
"You gotta be willing to be lucky." (Source:family saying, borrowed from E.B. White)