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 that won't be true in the future.
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People essentially like local news better than network news.
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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 and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
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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 recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.
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A lot of people told me that the job of making ABC News competitive was so difficult and so long that it wasn't worth the trouble.
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