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> [But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/but-if-you-cover-the-world-series-on-the-news-or-do-a-feature-on-an/)

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## More by Roone Arledge

> [In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/in-the-past-abc-has-made-half-hearted-efforts-or-worse-cosmetic/)

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> [If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/if-you-don-t-have-the-rights-you-can-t-do-the-show/)

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> [But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/but-if-you-cover-the-world-series-on-the-news-or-do-a-feature-on-an/)

[Roone Arledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roone-arledge/)

> [I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-don-t-expect-to-win-every-battle-but-i-think-fred-pierce-has-enough/)

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> [I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-don-t-think-any-industry-was-ever-as-closely-scrutinized-and/)

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> [I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-don-t-think-the-news-department-will-have-to-lie-down-and-play-dead/)

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> [But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/but-unlike-the-setup-in-most-organizations-where-there-s-an/)

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> [Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/television-is-a-powerful-medium-that-has-to-be-used-for-something/)

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> [People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/people-also-don-t-care-about-the-daily-comings-and-goings-of/)

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> [I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-don-t-think-people-realize-the-extent-to-which-tv-networks-are-hurt/)

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> [I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-m-sensitive-about-my-image-of-being-hard-to-reach/)

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> [I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/i-think-we-have-erred-on-the-side-of-being-too-conservative-so-far-to/)

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> [In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/in-fact-i-had-a-series-of-offers-which-would-have-brought-me-a-lot-of/)

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> [People essentially like local news better than network news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/people-essentially-like-local-news-better-than-network-news/)

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> [The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roone-arledge/the-current-wisdom-now-is-that-if-the-three-networks-are-covering-the/)

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