Occupation: Television Producer Birth: May 15, 1940 Death: May 18, 2017
Television and I grew up together..
My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately..
Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting story that th….
The thing you always have to remember is, you look at people and they might look like a failure but there's often a narrow thing they do very well..
They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't th….
If you have a choice between qualifications and personal qualities when it comes to hiring people, go with personal qualities. You can teach them the….
I've been in entertainment, politics, business, business coaching, public affairs, documentaries, programming, news, theater. So, there aren't many t….
I don't care what the polls say..
Anybody's position on an issue, anything they've said about an issue, and any way they've voted on an issue is fair game. You have every right to que….
Most of the media bullshit you about who they are. We don’t. We’re not programming to conservatives, we’re just not eliminating their point of view..
When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have..
Phrase it in an interesting way; don't phrase it in a mean or unfriendly way. Bob Dole said that if there's anything he would have done differently, ….
I'm very confident in the management team, very confident in the on-air people. That's the whole secret to everything. It's having people who love to….
You've got to find a difierent approach. You've got to create some interest in your language, in the words and pictures you create. If a candidate ca….
You cover the bad news about America. You do. But you don't get up in the morning hating your country. And so, until somebody shows me lines at the b….
I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people..
You can get people the qualifications; But you can't teach them the qualities they're going to need. You can't teach integrity, a drive for excellenc….
Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance..
Everybody who's in the news business today was influenced in a positive way by Walter Cronkite. He had ability, humility and integrity, a rare combin….
I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me..
If you're running because you want a job that's prestigious or because you have this vague knowledge that you're better than everybody else, you're e….