When television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air… and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

Newton N. Minow

Quotation #53869

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Speech as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C. [May 9, 1961]

Source: Speech as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C. [May 9, 1961]
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