Fred W. Friendly Quotes

United States, Creator
October 30, 1915 – March, 3, 1998.

Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

Also known as Producer

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.

Fred W. Friendly
- Money
The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.

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- Pride

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

Fred W. Friendly
'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.'

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- Up
- Thinking
- Mind
Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Fred W. Friendly
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

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'You gotta be willing to be lucky.'

Fred W. Friendly
What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us.

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No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

Fred W. Friendly
- Magic
- King
- Awesome