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Roone Arledge

"I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?"

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Roone Arledge
"Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly."

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Roone Arledge
"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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Roone Arledge
"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."

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Roone Arledge
"I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth."

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Roone Arledge
"I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?"

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Roone Arledge
"People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it."

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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."

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Roone Arledge
"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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Roone Arledge
"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."

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Roone Arledge
"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."

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