The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.
The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
