Quote by: Edward R. Murrow

We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdward R. Murrow
  • DescriptionTelevision journalist
  • BornApril 25, 1908
  • DiedApril 27, 1965
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist
  • AwardsPeabody Award; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; George Polk Award