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David Brinkley Was An Icon Of Modern Broadcast Journalism, A Brilliant Writer Who Could Say In A Few Words What The Country Needed To Hear During Times Of Crisis, Tragedy And Triumph.

Bob Hope Was An Entertainment Colossus, Shrewd And Influential Well Beyond Show Business. Richard Zoglin's Biography Captures It All--the Public And Private Hope.

Ratings To Me Are A Little Like The Chinese Government. I Don't Fully Understand What Makes A Rating Go. I Don't Know What Makes The American Television Audience Respond To One Person And Not T Another. There Very Seldom Are Great Differences Between Many Television Personalities.

What I Think Is Highly Inappropriate Is What's Going On Across The Internet, A Kind Of Political Jihad Against Dan Rather And Cbs News That's Quite Outrageous.

The Favourite Bumper Sticker In Washington D.c. Right Now Is One That Says 'first Iraq, Then France'