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  • But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.
    - Roone Arledge
  • I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I.
    - 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • People essentially like local news better than network news.
    - Roone Arledge