Eric Sevareid

Arnold Eric Sevareid (November 26, 1912 July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondentsdubbed "Murrow's boys"because they were hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow.

3 Quotes

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness.
— Eric Sevareid

The chief cause of problems is solutions.
— Eric Sevareid

With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth.
— Eric Sevareid