Thomas Griffith Quotes

Journalism constructs momentarily arrested equilibriums and gives disorder an implied order. That is already two steps from reality.

Journalism as theater is what TV news is.

The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty.

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often they operate a snack bar and expect you to be grateful that at least they got the food to the table warm