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Quotes by Commissioner

"Television is simply automated daydreaming."

"Television is simply automated daydreaming."

Lee Loevinger, American Commissioner

5

"All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?"

"All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?"

Nicholas Johnson, American Commissioner

Question, Teaching, Television

5

"Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar."

"Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar."

Lee Loevinger, American Commissioner

People, Television

3

"Too much may be the equivalent of none at all."

"Too much may be the equivalent of none at all."

Lee Loevinger, American Commissioner

2

"A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter."

"A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter."

Nicholas Johnson, American Commissioner

1

"Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work."

"Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work."

Nicholas Johnson, American Commissioner

Work, People, Effort, Help

1

"It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive."

"It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive."

Nicholas Johnson, American Commissioner

1

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