Quotes by Bernstein, Carl

We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot >>

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to >>

The lowest form of popular culture -- lack of information, misinformat >>

Quotations about News

Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing >>

Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we >>

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if >>

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.

Bernstein, Carl