#local news

I am a big 'Ellen' fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#been #big #both #ellen #fan

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.' ↗

— Elizabeth Vargas

#contract #every #going #here #i

If the news isn't there, don't create it. If I look at local news, I don't know what's real. ↗

— Willie Herenton

#i #know #local #local news #look

If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover. ↗

— Maria Menounos

#carolina #country #cover #difficult #general

In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel. ↗

— Emily Procter

#borrow #channel #college #forecast #i

One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#chairs #constant #directors #i #left

People essentially like local news better than network news. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#essentially #like #local #local news #network

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#abuse #against #care #chicanery #democracy