Skip to content

Across Quote by Ted Koppel

“I think we're glazing eyes all across America.” quote by Ted Koppel — Download Open image

“I think we're glazing eyes all across America.”

About This Quote

Source Broadcast: Nightline, 2002

Comments on widespread complacency or denial across America.

In simple terms: America is ignoring important issues.

Key Takeaway

Awaken public awareness.

Themes

media society awareness

Mood

critical somber

Type

journalistic commentary

When to use this quote

political campaigns
public education
media analysis

Key Concepts

complacency denial national discourse

Questions to Reflect On

Why do people ignore warnings?
How can media spark engagement?

A Different Perspective

May be overly cynical.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Across America Eyes Eyes America Glazing Glazing Eyes I think Think Think Glazing

More by Ted Koppel

“Nobody’s in charge there, nobody has responsibility, nor can anybody require that they do work.”

Image

Would anyone else like to say anything nice about women?

Image

“smaller companies with lean profit margins are simply not inclined to spend a great deal on cybersecurity.”

Image

“has to be connected to the company’s billing department, which in turn needs to be connected to whatever department actually conveys electricity to the…

Image

“I think that within six months, if things weren’t straightened out adequately to have something besides anarchy, somebody’s going to show up on your…

Image

“the extreme vulnerability of SCADA systems to cyber sabotage was first demonstrated, and dramatically so, during the administration of George W. Bush.”

Image

“The August 2003 blackout was a wake-up call for both industry and government regulators.”

Image

“The world is locked into a state of cyber dependency”

Image

“consumer deals directly only with the local company that delivers the electricity on that final leg.”

Image

“We remain largely oblivious to the potential catastrophe of a well-targeted cyberattack.”

Image

“the Internet is also giving rise to “filter bubbles” that decrease users’ exposure to conflicting viewpoints and reinforce their own ideological frames.”

Image

“(Several nation-states, most prominently the Russians and the Chinese, have already spent years conducting just such reconnaissance.)”

Image

Explore all 139 Ted Koppel quotes

More Across quotes

I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I…

Annie Leibovitz

Image

Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said - Americans felt like they weren't being listened to. There were…

Image

What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But…

Image

I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given talks all…

Brian Wildsmith

Image

Realizing that they can't get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture of life, they can't get those issues across through the…

Image

I think if you look all across the country, the so-called Blue Dogs are all gone to kennel. There are no more Blue Dogs,…

Image

I look forward to the day that a lot of the folks that you all talk about and cover on this network will begin…

Image

I don't know how 'X Factor' works. I was only there as a guest judge for a day. But I watched 'The Voice' a…

Image

I'm liking the Bundesliga. There's a lot of top, top defenders that you come across.

Image

In my district, I have a very clear mandate to work across the aisle.

Image

Mahindra's brand strategy is about niches across areas of mobility.

Image

When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's a bear…

Image

Browse all 722 Across quotes