Administration Quote by Ben Bradlee

In the Rather/Bush incident, it was totally unfair. CBS was trying him and convicting him and trying to execute him on national television. They…

— Roger Ailes

I can swear on a stack of Bibles that not once in doing the 'CBS Evening News' for 19 years - well, I take…

— Walter Cronkite

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way…

— Floyd Abrams

“If there was anything approaching a common denominator, providing the American public with a foundation of shared civic values, it was those three newscasts…

— Ted Koppel

“And old Cronkite had two thoughts about this. First, anyone who thinks television can bring the nation together to have a real dialogue and…

— Nathan Hill

Nobody understood how to use television for his own purposes better than Nixon, despite his poor showing against John F. Kennedy in the televised…

— Michael Korda

Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.

— Norman Lear

...the mass media. What are they? They're huge corporations, massive corporations, linked up with even bigger corporations. They sell audiences to other businesses, namely…

— Noam Chomsky

Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the…

— Brit Hume

I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

— Walter Annenberg

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from…

— Jimmy Wales

In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.

— Dirk Benedict