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If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Topic

Vietnam War Media American politics

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Comment to his press secretary George Christian. 27 Feb. 1968, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Quoted in The Powers That Be, by David Halberstam. University of Illinois Press, 2000, pt. 3.

It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.

Walter Cronkite

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Topic

Vietnam War American politics Media

Speaker

Walter Cronkite

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Cronkite, Walter. "We are Mired in Stalemate." CBS Evening News, created by Don Hewitt, CBS News Productions, 27 Feb. 1968.

Burke said there were three estates in parliament; but, in the reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all.

Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic

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Topic

Media Journalism

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Man of Letters." 19 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Newspapers Media

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington. 16 Jan. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Col. Edward Carrington, Jan. 16, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

All the news that's fit to print.

Adolph S. Ochs

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Topic

Newspapers Media Curation

Author

Adolph S. Ochs

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ochs, Adolph. "Winning Slogan for the Times on the Web." The New York Times, 25 Oct. 1996, https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/contest/.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Topic

Journalism Media

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

Hallam Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Hallam." Edinburgh Review, Sept. 1828.

The media's the opposition party.

Steve Bannon

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Topic

Media American politics

Speaker

Steve Bannon

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bannon, Steve. "Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut'." Interviewed by Michael M. Grynbaum. The New York Times, 26 Jan. 2017.

This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Topic

American West Truth vs. fiction Truth Journalism Media Media criticism

Speaker

Maxwell Scott

Actor

Carleton Young

Source

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Directed by John Ford, John Ford Productions, 1962.

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic, corrupt press will produce in time a people as base as itself.

Joseph Pulitzer

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Media

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Joseph Pulitzer

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Pulitzer, Joseph. "The College of Journalism.” The North American Review, May 1904.

The power of the press is very great, but not so great as the power of suppress.

Alfred Harmsworth

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Topic

Suppression of speech Media

Author

Alfred Harmsworth

Source

Daily Mail

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Harmsworth, Alfred. Daily Mail. c. 1918.

The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen, or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire. And then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected, dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

Jon Stewart

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Media

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Jon Stewart

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Stewart, Jon. Speech at the National Mall. Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. 30 Oct. 2010, National Mall, Washington, DC, USA.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Thomas Jefferson

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Newspapers Media

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John Norvell. 14 June 1807.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "John Norvell, 14 June 1807." The Portable Thomas Jefferson, edited by Merrill D. Peterson. Penguin Classics, 1977.

All newspaper and journalistic activity is an intellectual brothel from which there is no retreat.

Leo Tolstoy

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Newspapers Media Media criticism

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Letter to Prince V. P. Meshchersky. 22 Aug. 1871.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Tolstoy's Letters: 1828-1879, translated and edited by R. F. Christian. Vol. 1, University of London The Athlone Press, 1978.

Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.

Joseph Pulitzer

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Topic

Freedom of the press Media

Author

Joseph Pulitzer

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulitzer, Joseph. "The College of Journalism.” The North American Review, May 1904.

It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.

A Clockwork Orange

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Topic

Color Media Screens

Speaker

Alex

Actor

Malcolm McDowell

Source

A Clockwork Orange

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Crime (film) Dystopian Crime

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Clockwork Orange. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Polaris Productions/Hawk Films, 1971.

I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand.

Tom Stoppard

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Topic

Freedom of the press Newspapers Media

Speaker

Ruth

Author

Tom Stoppard

Source

Night and Day

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Night and Day. 8 Nov. 1978, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Night and Day. Grove Press, 2018, act 1.

It's disgusting the way they splash this stuff all over the newspapers! What is journalism coming to? You're laying on top of the queen with her legs wrapped around you and they call that news. They can't kick you off the force, Frank! It's just not fair!

Naked Gun

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Topic

Newspapers Media Media criticism

Speaker

Capt. Ed Hocken

Actor

George Kennedy

Source

Naked Gun

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Comedy (film) Crime comedy Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad. Directed by David Zucker, Paramount Pictures, 1988.

The medium is the message.

Marshall McLuhan

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Topic

Media Communication

Author

Marshall McLuhan

Source

Understanding Media

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McGraw-Hill, 1964, ch. 1.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

A.J. Liebling

The Wayward Press

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Topic

Freedom of the press Media Power Politics Media criticism

Author

A.J. Liebling

Source

The Wayward Press

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Liebling, A. J. "The Wayward Press: Do You Belong in Journalism?" The New Yorker, 7 May 1960.

The day has clearly gone forever of societies small enough for their members to have personal acquaintance with each another, and to find their station through the appraisal of those who have any first-hand knowledge of them. Publicity is an evil substitute and the art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, every year adds to its potency and to the finality of its judgments. The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country; whether we like it or not, we must learn to accept it.

Learned Hand

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Media

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Learned Hand

Source

Speeches of Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Hand, Learned. "Mr. Justice Brandeis." Memorial Service. 21 Dec. 1942, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC, USA.