Jack Gould

“Television has a built-in allergy to the provocative and the thoughtful.”

“The challenge of television is to be a window on the world, not just a mirror of our own prejudices.”

“The right of the public to be informed is more important than the right of the broadcaster to make a profit.”

“Color television is the most revolutionary event in communications since the invention of the printing press.”

“The quiz shows are the most massive assault on the intelligence of the American public in the history of broadcasting.”

“In the field of controversy, television is at its best when it is explaining, not exhorting.”

“The rating is the tyrant of television.”

“Television can be the most powerful and persuasive medium for good or for evil that has come along.”

“What television needs is more critics, and fewer apologists.”