Fred W. Friendly

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.