“Hurricane Irene ... the storm was huge news. In fact, the Weather Channel reported something they haven't seen in years. Viewers.” YearsFactsHavensHugeNewsStormWeatherViewersHurricanes Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Each day is a surprise - and each day I learn something wonderful and new. Both in writing thrillers and in reporting the news, I work to change the world a little bit. I want readers - and viewers - to be surprised and captivated and even inspired.” WorldWantWritingLittlesBitsWonderfulReaderLittle BitNewsSurpriseInspiredChanging The WorldEach DayViewersThrillersCaptivated Author:Hank Phillippi Ryan
“I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.” ThinkingCertainCoursesInterestSpecialReaderNewsOrganizationYeahPressesProfitCommunicateBiasViewersSpecial Interests Author:Mark McKinnon
“Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone.” WorldEndsShowsWantedPoliticalGonePerspectiveNewsAbsolutesInvestmentCustomersJournalismReasonableLoyalFoxesViewersSpectrumObjectivityPartisansUnattainableFox NewsPolitical SpectrumMadoff Author:Ted Koppel
“We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.” EndsStoriesLiteratureHugeDevelopmentNormalMajorsNewsElectionSeriesAvailableFloridaViewersWatchersSamplingNews Stories Author:Brit Hume
“You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in Congress. So they're going to see some more bad news. But if we do this, we're doing the right thing.” IfsThinkingWantHelpingMagicNewsIncreaseCongressRight ThingGoing AwayViewersDoing The Right ThingBad NewsWandsMagic Wands Author:Warren Buffett
“I've all venture a guess as we saw a lot of those executives going in for the viewers, we saw a bunch of Fox News executives going in there. We saw Jeff Zucker president of CNN standing there, just in case you don't know those faces. So there was all of muckety-mucks from all of the media, cable, broadcast, you name it.What is fairness to [Donald] Trump? With President-elect Trump?” KnowsFacesNamesPresidentCasesSawsMediaTrumpNewsStandingBunchExecutivesFairnessVentureFoxesViewersCablesCnnFox NewsStanding There Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The weakness of cable news is that it chases its audience around. Your audience wants fast-paced, popular news. It needs real news. Cable news changes its stripes based on audience reaction. Viewers are reacting well to breaking news? You probably do more breaking news than you need to. The struggle is building something so that people will come to you, as opposed to constantly changing what you are because you're unsure of where the audience is.” PeopleWantNeedsWellsRealAudienceStruggleBuildingNewsWeaknessReactionsViewersCablesFast PacedReactingStripesUnsureBuilding SomethingBreaking NewsCable News Author:Ali Velshi
“I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer.” PeopleLooksMomentsHelpingStoriesMightInterestShareNewsInsightRecognitionReportsSparksGardeningViewersHelping PeopleHindsightTelling StoriesNbcInterpersonalNbc News Author:Jane Pauley