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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.

– Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

People essentially like local news better than network news.

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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

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.

– Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News’ ratings go up is because people who don’t normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don’t watch network news or fight over the people who do?

– Roone Arledge

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

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn’t certain about what their real aim was – nor am I now.

– Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we’ll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

– Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

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

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Roone Arledge

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

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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?

– Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

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

– Roone Arledge

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