But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me. Roone Arledge administrativeadministratorbasically Change image and share on social
I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach. Roone Arledge hardimagereach Change image and share on social
Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly. Roone Arledge affectcarecongress Change image and share on social
If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show. Roone Arledge rightshow Change image and share on social
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 anchorcovercurrent Change image and share on social
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 accountbankbring share on social
I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air. Roone Arledge actualairawful Change image and share on social
Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business. Roone Arledge businessfoolforce share on social
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 abcbusinesscost Change image and share on social
I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth. Roone Arledge conservativeerrside Change image and share on social
