And That's The Way It

A Handful Of Us Determine What Will Be On The Evening News Broadcasts, Or, For That Matter, In The New York Times Or Washington Post Or Wall Street Journal. Indeed It Is A Handful Of Us With This Awesome Power.and Those [news Stories] Available To Us Already Have Been Culled And Re-culled By Persons Far Outside Our Control.

I Am A News Presenter, A News Broadcaster, An Anchorman, A Managing Editor - Not A Commentator Or Analyst. I Feel No Compulsion To Be A Pundit.

We Cannot Defer This Responsibility To Posterity. Time Will Not Wait.

I Have Never Pretended To Be A Great Writer. I Am Totally Immodest About Being A Great Reporter And A Good News Writer. I Write Fast And I Write Accurately, Nearly As Accurately As Anybody Can Be, And That's My Skill.

Television... Is Not A Substitute For Print.