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Roone Arledge

American Journalist

Born: Jul 8, 1931

Died: Dec 5, 2002

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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

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I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach. Roone Arledge

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If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show. Roone Arledge

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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

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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

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People essentially like local news better than network news. Roone Arledge

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The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future. Roone Arledge

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In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down. Roone Arledge

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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

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I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming. Roone Arledge

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