Quote of the Day for 2016-04-26

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue."

— Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) Speech during the Protestant Council of the City of New York banquet at the Astor Hotel after accepting its Family of Man award (October 28, 1964)

Screenshot from the season 25 episode of The Simpsons, Four Regrettings and a Funeral (November 3, 2013)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-21

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices."

— Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) Statement to his staff before the See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy (March 9, 1954)

Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, during an interview with Hamid Mir (April 1998)