"I got into television because I hated it so. I thought, there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen"
- Jeff Greenfield
About this Quote
Jeff Greenfield's quote speaks with the power of television and how it can be utilized for good. He was encouraged to enter into television because he was dissatisfied with the method it was being used. He wanted to use the medium to nurture viewers and listeners, to offer them with something positive and meaningful. He saw the capacity of tv to be a powerful tool for education, home entertainment, and motivation. He wished to use it to produce something that would benefit individuals and make a distinction in their lives. By entering tv, he had the ability to use his skills and talents to make a positive impact on the world. He had the ability to use television to reach individuals and make a difference in their lives.
This quote is written / told by Jeff Greenfield somewhere between June 10, 1943 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA.
The author also have 4 other quotes.
"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"
"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone"
"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
"The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone"
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
"Janet Reno, during her confirmation hearings, said she would come down harder on porno, and lately she's talked about how violence on television has an effect on violence in the real world"
"I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent"
