Roone Arledge Quotes
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I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand…
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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 network…
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People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.
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I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the…
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Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.
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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 think…
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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.
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You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave…
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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…
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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 I…
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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 and…
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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.
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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 they…
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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. There…
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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 real…
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One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't…
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One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars…
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People essentially like local news better than network news.
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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 don't…
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