Some quotable quotes...
"It's just four little words: Tell me a story." -- Don Hewitt, describing the essence of journalism. Hewitt (1922-2009) died today. Hewitt worked with journalist Edward R. Murrow, directed the program for the first TV presidential debate (involving Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon), and created and produced the news program "60 Minutes."
"On what planet do you spend most of your time?" -- Congressman Barney Frank at the town hall meeting in answer to a nutty woman who compared Obama's health care reform plan to policies of Hitler and the Nazis.
(Note: I know what planet that woman probably spent her time on...It's the crazy, stupid, ridiculous place called Fox planet.)
"Wisdom will be our hammer. Prudence will be our rail. When men build lives from honest toil, courage never fails." -- A line from the 2006 movie "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale."
From the TV comedy show "Parks and Recreation" starring Amy Poehler:
About an upcoming newspaper interview by a reporter, Poehler's character asked, "What do you think she's going to ask me first?" Another character answered, "How you spell your name."
In another scene from the show, Poehler character said, "The press is weapon and you can use it to kill people or to feed people."
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"(Note: I know what planet that woman probably spent her time on...It's the crazy, stupid, ridiculous place called Fox planet.)"
ReplyDeleteHow can the Fox News channel get away with calling itself a news station, much less "fair and balanced"? Isn't there any standard? Has the FCC been dismantled? Can anybody put any kind of junk on the air and call it "news"?