There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't subscribe to that at all. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially — sorry it's a cliche — a rough draft of history. Some days it's reassuring, some days it's absolutely destructive.


Interview in Anchoring America: The Changing Face of Network News (2003) by Jeff Alan

Peter Jennings Quotes

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't...

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't...

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't...

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't...