ABC wouldn't be a player in the news major leagues until the 1970s, when Roone Arledge brought to ABC News the energy and programming approach he had applied to ABC Sports. Tom Brokaw 1970sabcapply Change image and share on social
Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches. Tom Brokaw foxnetworknews Change image and share on social
My family is not only attractive - I can say that because I'm paterfamilias - but they're really smart, and they're very, very compassionate. Tom Brokaw attractivecompassionatefamily Change image and share on social
I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today. Tom Brokaw attentionfamilyfriend Change image and share on social
I have no problem whatsoever with a kind of political overview or an ideological overview for any of these outlets as long as it's transparent. We know where Breitbart stands, we know where Fox stands, where MSNBC stands. So, people go in with an understanding of that. Tom Brokaw breitbartfoxideological share on social
My mother and father, with my newborn brother and me in the backseat of the 1938 Ford sedan that would be our family car for the next decade, moved to that hastily constructed Army ammunition depot called Igloo, on the alkaline and sagebrush landscape of far southwestern South Dakota. I was three years old. Tom Brokaw alkalineammunitionarmy share on social
In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. Set a standard, and stay faithful to it. Tom Brokaw faithfulgrowpassion Change image and share on social
I've been lucky from my earliest memory on. I happened to be born to the right parents, and the lives we led - working class, migratory - suited my personality. I had an adventurous mindset, and we lived on an Army base, then in South Dakota - it was a dynamic environment. Tom Brokaw adventurousarmybase share on social
I was at MSNBC; I was constantly saying to them during Bridgegate, 'You've convicted Governor Christie without one iota of fact attaching him to the decision to stall the traffic on the bridge. Why don't we wait until the federal government or the state government... completes its investigation.' Tom Brokaw attachbridgebridgegate share on social
In retrospect, the political and cultural climate in the early '60s seems both a time of innocence and also like a sultry, still summer day in the Midwest: an unsettling calm before a ferocious storm over Vietnam, which was not yet an American war. Tom Brokaw 60samericancalm share on social