Newton N. Minow Quote

When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better.
But 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 stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you—and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.


Speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, May 9, 1961 (the Wasteland Speech)


When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is...

When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is...

When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is...

When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is...