In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on electio…

- Edwin Diamond

"You wanna deliver papers in a big city?" an expert with a bent nose told me, "then you gotta shake the trees to find the gorillas to do it..."

- Edwin Diamond

I'm somewhat diffident about cuffing television on its rabbit ears for not being something else.

- Edwin Diamond

Cheryl Ladd Special - One-hour long, one thought show of jigglevision.

- Edwin Diamond

Only a few reporters...discerned that Anderson really combined Carter's ineptness with Reagan's simplicities.

- Edwin Diamond

The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no exaggeration that The New York Times has more pe…

- Edwin Diamond

Television has borrowed from the carnival midway the barker's tease: "Coming Up Next: a Perfect 10" (Sex? Bo Derek? No, the weatherman comes on to sa…

- Edwin Diamond

California: Sunny nutland.

- Edwin Diamond