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Evening News Quotes

On the ritual of tuning into the nightly broadcast.

Several of these evening news quotes touch on how little the format of nightly broadcasts has changed over the decades, even as the stories they cover shift. For more on lasting convictions, see our Believe quotes.

It is every producer's dream to be part of a dedicated, hard-working team that produces an outstanding broadcast like the 'CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley.'

Quotes by Steve Capus

Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News' haven't changed their style over the decades, still going for that old-fashioned mix of voice-of-authority pomp and feel-good...

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the latest terrorist atrocity.

Quotes by Michael Jeffery

'Blacks were too scared to do anything, but they came out to greet James Meredith': That would have been the story in the evening news if I hadn't gotten myself shot. I got shot, and that allowed the movement protest...

Quotes by James Meredith

Appeared Quotes

I wish more people read hard copies of the newspaper and watched the evening news from start to finish.

Quotes by Gwen Ifill

There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the stuff that they're saying. You might even think those are the stories that matter.

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening...

Quotes by Dee Dee Myers

Peter Jennings was the James Bond of evening news, and I always wanted to be that. His evening news was really a conversation with America, and I hope that's something I can achieve.

Quotes by David Muir

Believe Quotes

The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble.

Quotes by David Muir

Every once in a while, a book so possesses me that I happily give up a couple of consecutive nights of sleep - as well as the evening news broadcasts and latenight talk shows - to finish it. That's what...

Quotes by Bill Moyers

The evening news is a concept whose time has come and gone.

Quotes by Bernard Goldberg

Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten...

Quotes by Arthur Machen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these evening news quotes talk about how the format has changed over time?
One argues it largely hasn't, noting that major broadcasts still followed the same familiar style decades after their debut.
Is there a quote about the emotional toll of watching difficult news?
Yes, one speaks to the discomfort of watching reports on serious events, including terrorism coverage, with a feeling of helplessness rather than control.
Do any quotes come from people who worked in news production?
Yes, one producer describes being part of a respected broadcast team as a genuine professional dream rather than just a job.
Is there a personal story tied to a specific news event in these quotes?
Yes, one recalls how getting shot during a civil rights-era incident became the actual story that reached the evening news. For more on shared history, see our Bond quotes.
What does 'time-travel experience' mean in one of these quotes?
It refers to how unchanged network news formats can feel oddly familiar even years later, as if little has moved on stylistically. For more on lasting convictions, browse our Believe quotes.

One quote speaks candidly about the discomfort of watching difficult stories, including terrorism coverage, unfold with a sense of helplessness. For more on shared history and connection, browse our Bond quotes.