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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1801 |
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AUTHOR:
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Newton N. Minow (1926–) |
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QUOTATION:
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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. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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NEWTON N. MINOW, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, speech before the National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., May 9, 1961.—Minow, Equal Time, p. 52 (1964). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Television |
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