I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.

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If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.

If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly...

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly...

I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like...

I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like...

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't...

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't...

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on...

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on...

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot...

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot...

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any...

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any...

I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.

I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.

I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here...

I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here...

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we...

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we...

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the...

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the...

People essentially like local news better than network news.

People essentially like local news better than network news.

One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make...

One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make...

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms...

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms...

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

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

I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to...

I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to...

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something...

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something...

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured...

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured...

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative...

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative...