Sean McManus Quotes on Media & News (9 Quotes)

Bob is respected. He's trusted, and he's very, very comfortable giving the news. We think at CBS News that the news should be delivered in a respectful and a comfortable way, not as if you were preaching the gospel from Mount Olympus.

This is an enormously proud day for all of us at CBS News. Katie joining our team signifies not only her commitment to doing first-rate journalism, but our strong commitment to producing the highest quality work done by the best reporters, producers and writers in television news. She is a key ingredient as we work towards our goal of making CBS News the number one news organization in America. This organization was built on quality and integrity, and Katie and her CBS News colleagues will continue to carry that legacy into the 21st century. I would also like to offer our deepest thanks to Bob Schieffer for his outstanding work on the evening broadcast and look forward to his continuing role at CBS News.

I think that having one person as your primary anchor is the way to go. I give ABC a lot of credit for trying a lot of new things. Anyone who says that the way the evening news has been produced and presented for the last 25 years is the way to go probably shouldn't be running a news division. Having said that, I don't think there's any reason to tear up the format and break the mold.

Maybe it's partially because of my sports background, but I am unbelievably competitive. Being in third place, whether it's sports, entertainment or news, is not acceptable.

I have tremendous respect for Jim's talents and his accomplishments as leader of the broadcast, and he should be very proud of the job he did, ... Jim and I will continue to discuss his future role at CBS News.

Bob Schieffer is having a resurgence. Bob is respected. He's trusted, and he's very, very comfortable giving the news. People are starting to appreciate that, and that's part of the reason for our improved numbers.

The anchor would have to be someone with a wealth of credibility in terms of the news.

There should be at any time at any network a small group of people who ... can fill in the (anchor) job quite admirably, but we quite honestly are not in that situation at CBS news.

We believe this is an important step toward establishing 60 MINUTES as the news magazine of the future.