I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
Ogden Nash  - Song of the Open Road, 1945

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.
George Gobel 

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Fred Allen (1894-1956) 

Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 

Journalism consists largely in saying "Lord Jones died" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
G. K. Chesterton 

Journalism is merely history's first draft.
Geoffrey C. Ward 

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
Nick Mirov 

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford (1863-1935) 

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk.
Fran Lebowitz 

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
Alfred Hitchcock