Monday, August 27, 2012

What is News?

the following is transcribed from Harrower's Inside reporting:


"News is the first rough draft of history."- Philip Graham, Washington Post publisher

"News is anything that makes a reader say 'Gee whiz.'"- William Randoph Hearst, American newspaper tycoon

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress. All the rest is advertising."- Lord Northcliffe, British newspaper tycoon

"News is anything that will make people talk."- Charles Dana, New York Sun editor

"News is anything you can find out today that you didn't know before."- Turner Catledge, New York Times editor

"When a dog bites a man, that is not news. But when a man bites a dog, that IS news."- Charles Dana, New York Sun editor

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