I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.

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What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out...

What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out...

Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.

Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever.

Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to...

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to...

Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.

Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the...

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the...

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say...

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say...

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing,...

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing,...

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What we have to do is put this in a coherent form for them at...

What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind...

What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind...

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Our obligation at the network is where do we fit into that and how can...

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The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of...

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had...

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had...

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a...

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a...

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting...

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting...