A Quote by Newton N. Minow

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

Newton N. Minow

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Newton N. Minow
Born: January 17, 1926

When television is good, nothing - not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers - nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there for a day without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

Newton N. Minow

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