--- title: "8 Newscasts Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Newscasts quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Newscasts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg" --- > [News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can-newscasts-be-mapped-out-like/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg) > [The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 - "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-olbermann/the-format-of-the-nightly-newscasts-is-still-very-much-1981-tremble/) [Keith Olbermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-olbermann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/keith-olbermann-10325_anchorman_the-format-of-the-nightly-newscasts-is-s_457617.jpg) > [I don't know many people anymore who sit down at 6:30 to watch the evening news. But morning newscasts are appointment viewing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alisyn-camerota/i-don-t-know-many-people-anymore-who-sit-down-at-6-30-to-watch-the/) [Alisyn Camerota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alisyn-camerota/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/alisyn-camerota-7568_evening_i-don-t-know-many-people-anymore-who-sit_971984.jpg) > [“And LO and BEHOLD, I was on BOTH the six AND eleven o’clock newscasts! AND all the commercials, as well! (‘Day of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-st-james/and-lo-and-behold-i-was-on-both-the-six-and-eleven-o-clock-newscasts/) [James St. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-st-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/james-st-james-18251_drag-queen_and-lo-and-behold-i-was-on-both-the-six_1365208.jpg) > [We are inflicting opinion in our newscasts like never before. That was never done and never taught in our journalism classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ainsley-earhardt/we-are-inflicting-opinion-in-our-newscasts-like-never-before-that-was/) [Ainsley Earhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ainsley-earhardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/ainsley-earhardt-4445_done_we-are-inflicting-opinion-in-our-newscas_1705685.jpg) > [“Television news programs survive on scares. On local newscasts, where producers live by the dictum “if it bleeds, it leads,” drug, crime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-glassner/television-news-programs-survive-on-scares-on-local-newscasts-where/) [Barry Glassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-glassner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/barry-glassner-38093_journalism_television-news-programs-survive-on-scar_2286074.jpg) > [Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-cranston/something-s-happened-in-our-society-which-i-don-t-think-is-beneficial/) [Bryan Cranston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-cranston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/bryan-cranston-2660_beneficial_something-s-happened-in-our-society-whic_2513314.png) > [“If there was anything approaching a common denominator, providing the American public with a foundation of shared civic values, it was those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-koppel/if-there-was-anything-approaching-a-common-denominator-providing-the/) [Ted Koppel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-koppel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/ted-koppel-3111_common-denominator_if-there-was-anything-approaching-a-comm_2654996.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/newscasts/#itemlist", "name": "Newscasts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Savitch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can-newscasts-be-mapped-out-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.” — Jessica Savitch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 - \"Tremble, onlookers! 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