Science arose from poetry, and […] a change of times might beneficially reunite the two as
friends, at a higher level and to mutual advantage.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1817
***
Literature is news that STAYS news.
—Ezra Pound, 1934
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
—A. J. Liebling, 1956
For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.
—Gloria Borger, 1995
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891
A newspaper […] consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in
it or not.
—Henry Fielding, 1749
Charles: ‘Anything interesting in The Times?’
Ruth: ‘Don’t be silly, Charles.’
—Noël Coward, 1941
The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.
—Charles Darwin, 1863
Whenever I read Time or Newsweek or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But
how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind?
—Edward Abbey, 1990
The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than those he who reads
them. […] He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1807
Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
—Norman Mailer, 1960
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of
education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
—Aleister Crowley, 1929
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about
getting ratings, about taking money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
—Al Franken, 2002
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friends, at a higher level and to mutual advantage.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1817
***
Literature is news that STAYS news.
—Ezra Pound, 1934
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
—A. J. Liebling, 1956
For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.
—Gloria Borger, 1995
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891
A newspaper […] consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in
it or not.
—Henry Fielding, 1749
Charles: ‘Anything interesting in The Times?’
Ruth: ‘Don’t be silly, Charles.’
—Noël Coward, 1941
The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.
—Charles Darwin, 1863
Whenever I read Time or Newsweek or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But
how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind?
—Edward Abbey, 1990
The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than those he who reads
them. […] He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1807
Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
—Norman Mailer, 1960
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of
education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
—Aleister Crowley, 1929
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about
getting ratings, about taking money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
—Al Franken, 2002
On Writing, Literature, Poetry, and Journalism
109