Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbeeis an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network's Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Her work on NBC News Overnight was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as "possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth15 August 1944
CityBryan, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Linda Ellerbee quotes about
A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"
Presumably a movement is more polite than a revolution, and a lot slower.
The whole town looks as if it had been left out in the rain too long and by mistake.
I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying.
if you don't want to get old, don't mellow.
It's not brain surgery. It's not nuclear physics. It's television. It's only television.
Always remember to set a place at the table of life for the unexpected guest.
It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.
Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.
The new national campfire - radio.
When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.
Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling them about Beirut is a long way from Edward R. Murrow.
I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.
We call them Twinkies. You've seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing the news while you wonder whether they've read the news - or if they've blow-dried their brains, too.