He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano. about Michael Dukakis's acceptance speech.
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Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.
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Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
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I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
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The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
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