Commercialization of News Quotes

One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.

We tried to do the news without frills, without fluffy hairdos, without graphics. It does say something about our business that is not very pretty. It didn't matter how good the show was. What counted was money.

The conservative media movement exists primarily as a moneymaking venture.

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

The commercial press is not a free press, and it is not a public service organization. It is business, big business, and as such is motivated by one principle - profit.

'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.

Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now, every local station - I've been traveling around the country a lot, and you see the local news, and they give box-office reports.

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images.

The corporatization of the press really has hurt the press.

The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.