Don Hewitt Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.”
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“The businessman only wants two things said about his company-what he pays his public relations people to say and what he pays his advertising people to say. He doesn't like anybody ever to look above, beyond or over that.”
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“I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.”
-- Don HewittSource : "General Peter Pace". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. November 7, 2005.
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“I've always said there are four words that every child in the world knows, and those are, "Tell me a story,." Even the people who wrote the Bible knew that. They told stories, like the story of Noah.”
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“It's a movie, OK? I went to see GONE WITH THE WIND, but did I really believe there was a guy named Rhett Butler who said, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"? No. Movies need heroes and villains, and real life doesn't usually have heroes and villains. Real life has a lot of shades of gray, and moves have black and white even when they're in color.”
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“When there was a disaster, it used to be that people went to church and all held hands. Now the minute anything happens they run to CNN.”
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“Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.”
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