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Christopher Lasch

"The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place."

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"The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place."

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"A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not."

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"Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates."

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"Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible."

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"You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it."

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"There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You."

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"To a journalist, good news is often not news at all."

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"There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation."

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"I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens."

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"I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV."

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"To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."

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