“People essentially like local news better than network news.” PeopleNewsLocalsLocal News Author:Roone Arledge
“If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.” IfsWantCountryStoriesDifficultRolesNewsSouthLocalsStationsCarolinaMontanaSouth CarolinaLocal News Author:Maria Menounos
“Ive been a radio and television news person since I was 19 years old. Im 57 years old now. But the advantage is that I have studied, investigated, and reported over those years on nearly every major story from wars and recessions to grass roots local issues.” YearsPersonsWarStoriesIssuesTelevisionMajorsNewsAdvantageRootsRadioLocalsGrassRecessionsTelevision News Author:George Noory
“The work of democratic government is routinely concerned with matters defined as troubles. In "The Presidency and the Press" I make the point, familiar to anyone who has flown about the world much, that the best quick test of the political nature of a regime is to read the local papers on arrival. If they are filled with bad news, you have landed in a libertarian society of some sort. If, on the other hand, the press is filled with good news, it is a fair bet that the jails will be filled with good men.” IfsMenWorldMatterHandsGovernmentPoliticalTroublePaperNewsConcernedFairsTestsFilledPressesDemocraticLibertarianLocalsFamiliarDefinedGood ManJailRegimesPresidencyGood NewsPapersBad NewsArrivalsDemocratic Government Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“A poor old man held the winning ticket on a half million dollar lottery. Hearing the old man might be surprised at the shock, the local pastor was asked to break the news gradually. The pastor made a customary call, and while visiting casually asked the old man what he would do with a half million dollars if he had it. The old man replied, "why, I'd give half of it to you." Whereupon the pastor dropped dead.” IfsMenGivingMadeMightPastWinningPoorHalfBreakMillionsNewsDollarsHearingLocalsShockOld ManTicketsPastorMillion DollarsVisitingLottery Author:Art Linkletter
“Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now, every local station - I've been traveling around the country a lot, and you see the local news, and they give box-office reports.” ThinkingGivingCountryHappenedOfficeNewsBoxesLocalsReportsOur SocietyFedsStationsBeneficialBox OfficeLocal News Author:Bryan Cranston
“The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It's all crap.” DangerTvsNewsLocalsCrapTv News Author:Ray Bradbury
“While I was in college, I became a page at ABC. Suddenly I was working for Good Morning America, local news, national news. The page is the lowest rung of the ladder, and it's the also the place where you can ask any question and not feel dumb.” FeelsAmericaAsksMorningCollegeNewsPagesLocalsDumbLowestLaddersLocal NewsGood Morning America Author:Anne Sweeney
“My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.” WorldMadeBigsLanguageStepsFeminismStyleNew YorkHugePaperNewsStandardsGoldPressesGuidesLocalsMediumsAround The WorldPostsOutletsMistressNew York TimesSmall StepsGold StandardAmerican Language Author:Paula Broadwell
“My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.” InterestChallengesWorryInfluenceNew YorkPositionHugePaperNewsPicksLocalsPapersNew York TimesElitist Author:Rupert Murdoch
“One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.” ReasonLeftDirectorsNewsTiredConstantMusicalLocalsChairsLocal News Book:Anchorwoman Source: Anchorwoman
“We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.” TwoBigsThreeEventsNewsNewspapersLocalsFlavorLocal News Author:Jane Smiley
“My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is dangerous all of the time, and if it's not yet been pulled off the shelves, then it's certainly under investigation -- so there.” IfsWatchesDangerousTypeNewsLocalsMy SisterInvestigationShelvesHeadlinesRetainingEyewitnesses Author:David Sedaris
“We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.” IfsProblemTurnsChanceWatchesTvsNewsLocalsIdiotCensorshipLocal News Author:Ray Bradbury
“I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would react to my death. Mr Dunthorne's quavering voice as he makes the announcement. The shocked faces of my classmates. A playground bedecked with flowers. The empty stillness of a school corridor. Local news analysis. . . . The steady stoicism of my parents. . . . Candlelit vigils. . . . And finally, my glorious resurrection.” PeopleWayRealitySchoolFacesLife IsParentVoiceImagineFlowerNewsEmptyLocalsAnalysisGloriousSteadyStillnessResurrectionShockedStoicismPlaygroundsDisconnectedCorridorsAnnouncementsClassmatesLocal News Author:Joe Dunthorne
“I am a big Ellen fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.” LongHas BeensStillsShowsBigsKidsUsedFansNewsLong TimeLocalsSan FranciscoTalk ShowsLocal News Author:Margaret Cho