.... 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.
From American Rhetoric: Newton Minow -- Address to the National Association of Broadcasters (Television and the Public Interest)
delivered 9 May 1961, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC
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