I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.
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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 they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming.Roone Arledge
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.
Roone Arledge
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 real aim was - nor am I now.
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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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We probably paid Cassie a little more than we had to but it was done because I wanted to make a statement that we are here and we're serious.
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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 I like to have administrative people underneath me.
Roone Arledge
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