TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
Fred W. Friendly Quotes
Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.
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| Birth: | 30th October, 1915 |
| Death: | 3rd March, 1998 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Editor, Journalist, Professor, Television Producer |
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Fred W. Friendly was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American journalist, TV producer, and TV editor. He was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He graduated from Nichols Junior College in 1936. He entered radio broadcasting in 1937 at WEAN in Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote, directed, and produced the NBC Radio series The Quick and the Dead during the Summer of 1950. He produced and hosted a ten-part series on PBS, Ethics in America. He also served as a visiting professor at Yale University and Bryn Mawr College.
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