Jon Banner
Jon Banner
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Our attention will be focused on this story for a long time to come. One of the things that are challenging to us is that there are so many different angles to this story and places that require our attention.
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Every call we make regarding any story is a serious one. But anything of this nature is a difficult call. We have to be sensitive to the viewers and at the same time be responsible and present what are, in essence, horrific acts occurring.
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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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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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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.
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While the arena in which we operate has changed, the evening newscast still plays a vital role in the way Americans get their news. I think the audiences that the three (networks) get support the fact that this is something that is vital.
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We have learned first-hand the dangers of smoking and the tragedy of lung cancer,
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We are revolutionizing the way the evening news is delivered.
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There are a ton of angles yet to be pursued or that we will continue to pursue. There's still a large question of how many people died and how they determine it, and why did so many people die.
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For us, this is very much ending our mourning period and trying now to start fresh, to aggressively get back into the game. Peter's legacy is everywhere, in everything we do.
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If we all knew what device was going to be the most effective way of getting content five years from now, we could retire. Everybody is competing to get the attention of people and get them to use their device to get content.
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We've been wanting to do it for a while, we talked about it more seriously after Peter passed away.
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He has kept that mostly to himself. I know it has affected him. He's a very compassionate and genuine person and I can tell that it has affected him greatly.
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we instinctively hear his voice and think he's going to walk down the hall at any moment, telling us to do that story or do this story or do it this way; he was such a force on this broadcast.