A lot of people told me that the job of making ABC News competitive was so difficult and so long that it wasn't worth the trouble.
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I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.
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I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here and they just didn't like the show they saw. I think it was dull. It was sterile.
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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.
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One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
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