"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there
is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were."
by:
David Brinkley
(1920-2003) American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997
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Or we make it up.
 -- jim k, Austin, Tx     
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    5 stars for accuracy, a thumbs down for the emphasized propaganda of the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land's media industrial complex. When was the last time news was a function of TV news ?
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    I have seen the inner workings of the local television and radio stations as my family worked in those fields when I was younger. Without bad news, it is hard to keep viewers/listeners interested. That is why most 'news' has a component of fear -- it sells. I agree with Mike, 'news' today is to maintain the "statist theocracy's" hold upon the hearts and minds of its subjects.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    Sadly this "news commentator" probably got more laughs then Gaucho Marx, yesterday's quoter labeled comedian. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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