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Cynical Quotations
Of what you see in books, believe 75%. Of newspapers, believe 25%. And of TV news, believe 10% – make that 5% if the anchorman wears a blazer.
— Unknown
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People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
— A. J. Liebling
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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
— Ben Hecht
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Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's St. Matthew's Passion on a ukulele.
— Bagdikian's Observation
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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
— Gore Vidal
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