A Nation Of Sheep Will Beget A

I Am Frightened By The Imbalance, The Constant Striving To Reach The Largest Possible Audience For Everything; By The Absence Of A Sustained Study Of The State Of The Nation.

I Have Said, And I Believe, That Potentially We Have In This Country A Free Enterprise System Of Radio And Television Which Is Superior To Any Other. But To Achieve Its Promise, It Must Be Both Free And Enterprising. There Is No Suggestion Here That Networks Or Individual Stations Should Operate As Philanthropies. But I Can Find Nothing In The Bill Of Rights Or In The Communications Act Which Says That They Must Increase Their Net Profits Each Year, Lest The Republic Collapse.

A Reporter Is Always Concerned With Tomorrow. There's Nothing Tangible Of Yesterday. All I Can Say I've Done Is Agitate The Air Ten Or Fifteen Minutes And Then Boom - It's Gone.

Just Once In A While, Let Us Exalt The Importance Of Ideas And Information.

American Traditions And The American Ethic Require Us To Be Truthful, But The Most Important Reason Is That Truth Is The Best Propaganda And Lies Are The Worst. To Be Persuasive We Must Be Believable; To Be Believable We Must Be Credible; To Be Credible We Must Be Truthful. It Is As Simple As That.