Jon Banner
Jon Banner
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This is what we intend to do with 'World News Tonight' going forward. It's about giving them a real sense up close of the big stories of our time.
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What we do costs an enormous amount of money: Iraq , Katrina, Rita. In order to pay for all that, we need to perform in the key demo. It's how we make our money. It's how the broadcasts are sold.
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We haven't had the advantage of having a real transition. It's a long-term project for us.
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He participates regularly in our 9 a.m. editorial meeting, and I hear from him, usually multiple times, throughout the day. When he thinks we've done well, he lets us know. And when the broadcast isn't up to his standards, we hear that, too. He's home and watching.
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I don't think there was anyone more frustrated or disappointed. I've never known Peter to miss a day of work, let alone on a huge story like this.
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It's important for people to have a first-hand look as to what's going on. That became very clear during Katrina. All these people are reporters at heart, and they need to go do what they do best.
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It's an incredible time to be there and it's incredible to be there at all.
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They constantly trot out 'Oprah' to explain their falling numbers, but the fact is that the program does not lead into 'World News Tonight' in any market in the country.
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It's been a difficult time for this broadcast. We've been dealing with a very painful situation, and we're grateful for all the help we've been getting from Charlie and Elizabeth and Bob.
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It's something our teams are aware of, and we're taking some precautions.
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What's happening to us is nothing. It's a blip compared to the tragedy that has occurred, ... We do the best that we can, and we try to stay focused on the real nature of the disaster, which is an unimaginable horror for tens of thousands of people who are homeless or who have lost loved ones.
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It does, in my mind, turn the broadcast almost into a special event every night because you now have a much more dynamic broadcast that can respond and react to things much quicker and much easier than one person sitting behind a desk.
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There are limitations, obviously. They have a huge responsibility in the mornings. We have to be realistic about the amount of time we expect from them.