Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.