News Quote by Roone Arledge Download Open image “People essentially like local news better than network news.” — Roone Arledge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare News People
We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
I've always been a firm believer in local news, because it's an opportunity to connect with the community where you live. — David Shuster Copy Share Image
Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every news network within their division has opinion and then has news. — Jedediah Bila Copy Share Image
American TV news is much more sophisticated. I think that American TV networks, it looks like, they invest a lot into news. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
Going from local news to a network operation is learning a whole new ballgame. The way you go about it and the stories you… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
Cable news is nothing more than entertainment, except for the International version of CNN and perhaps the BBC. — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
It's important that communities support local, independent journalism, which many people rely upon for information relevant to their daily lives. — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
People who watch news are pretty smart. Most of them don't just go to one channel for all their news anyway. — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
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… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
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… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television. — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
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… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
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… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it. — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
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… — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth. — Roone Arledge Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
The News of the World made me more famous than being in Atomic Kitten. — Kerry Katona Copy Share Image
Mental health is an issue close to my heart - an issue, indeed, I've covered repeatedly for Channel 4 News. — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
People think they're getting objective information, but they're not. They're getting news wrapped up in opinion. — Lynn Samuels Copy Share Image
In an increasingly polarized world, it's hard to know whom to trust. CNN will be the only news channel that doesn't take a side. — Jeff Zucker Copy Share Image
When you can't dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news. — Manu Ginobili Copy Share Image
