“If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as "candle making industry threatened".”
Newt Gingrich
“In labor news, longshoremen walked off the piers today; rescue operations are continuing”
George Carlin
“Everybody likes to start the New Year out with a little good news.”
Steve Sexton
“The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.”
Carl Bernstein
“We share some of your disappointment in some of the news reported today, ... Beyond the quarterly numbers, we ask you to look at the greater picture of a Pfizer in transition.”
Henry McKinnell
“That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.”
Vince McMahon
“The market [had] a lot of bad news to tap dance around today, ... We had bad corporate news for some of the Dow stocks ... an FBI warning and geopolitical concerns with Iraq.”
Art Hogan
