“CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.” SeriousNewsInvestmentFinancialFocusedFoxes Author:Jeff Zucker
“They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.” PeopleIfsPersonsReadingLiteratureFunPiecesSeriousNewsImpressionHaving FunInterviewsInteracting Author:Katie Couric
“Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life?” MayMatterStoriesLastsDecisionSeriousMonthsNewsNews Stories Author:Rolf Dobelli
“I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.” NeedsWatchesLaughingSeriousNews Author:Bruce H. Lipton
“John Kerry fell off of his bicycle over the weekend. He went for a Sunday afternoon ride, fell off in front of the news media. Luckily, his hair broke the fall so it's not as serious. ... Thankfully, Senator Kerry was not seriously injured. In fact, when the police arrived, Kerry was well enough to give conflicting reports to the officers about what happened.” GivingWellsEnoughFactsFallHappenedMediaFrontsSeriousHairNewsPoliceBrokeReportsSundayOfficersAfternoonWeekendSenatorsInjuredBicycleJohn KerryNews MediaSunday Afternoons Author:Jay Leno
“Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no money, and they don't buy newspapers or watch the news on television. Consequently, children are one of the most neglected segments of society in the news, except as a subtopic of other power beats such as education, family, and crime. Children are in serious trouble in this society, which means the foundation of our society is in trouble, which means the future is in trouble, and that is news.” MeanChildrenWatchesTroubleCrimeTelevisionSeriousTaxesNewsBeatsVoteInstitutionsFoundationNewspapersOur SocietyNeglectedNo MoneyThis Society Author:Joan Konner
“I think when tragic things happen it is on surface. It is like the ocean. One the surface a waves and sometimes the wave is very serious and strong. But it comes and goes, comes and goes, and underneath, the ocean always remains calm. Tibetans have a saying: "If bad news comes to you listen here" (points to the right ear) "and let it our here" (points to the left ear).” IfsThinkingSometimesHappensLeftStrongSeriousOceanNewsEarsRemainsCalmWaveSurfaceThings HappenTragicComes And GoesBad NewsTibetan Author:Dalai Lama
“I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type.” PeopleI CanCharacterEnergySeriousTypeNewsFocusedLawyerSillyNosesAnchorsNews Anchors Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“Roger Ebert was a very valiant soldier of cinema who passed away, and we miss him. It's over with serious discourse about cinema in the print media and on television. It has been replaced by celebrity news. So we are speaking in his spirit always.” Has BeensSpiritMediaMissingTelevisionSeriousNewsSoldierCinemaPrintReplacedDiscourseRogerPassed AwayValiantPrint Media Author:Werner Herzog
“Russia is an aggressive revisionist power. And they are working - there's evidence they're working to interfere not just in our electoral process, but the electoral processes of Europeans with the same toolkit - money, fake news, propaganda, and what those Soviets used to call aktivniye meropriyatiya, active measures. This is serious.” UsedProcessSeriousNewsEvidenceActiveRussiaPropagandaFakeAggressiveInterfereElectoral Process Author:Daniel Fried
“When I talk about the chickification of either the news business or football or anything else, some people think I'm joking or making halfhearted fun, little swipes here at feminism, but some of it's really serious stuff. You never, ever, ever hear how women are at fault in anything, just like in this abuse business.” PeopleThinkingLittlesFunStuffFeminismFootballSeriousNewsAbuseFaults Author:Rush Limbaugh