"Inside the NBA didn’t just cover basketball. It changed what sports television could be. And sometimes the best way to preserve a legacy is to know when you’ve reached the final buzzer."
"Some people may disagree with some of the things we say as talk show hosts, but the one thing I believe we can all agree on is helping our local community. And I think that's what we aim to do."
"I don’t want to be like anyone, because I’ve always wanted to be myself. Everything I’m doing now I literally said I would do. If I put my mind to it and set it in stone, then there’s a great chance it’s going to happen."
“When I was coming up, you had three TV stations. And people were getting a similar sense of what is true and what isn’t, what was real and what was not."
Nearly 40 years of covering politics… without opinion or judgment prepared me to finally bring some analysis and informed criticism to the junction of journalism and media.
That is not to say that NBC News won't cover Trump or look to feature him in its coverage of the run-up to the Republican primary, only that a town hall-style event is unlikely to happen.
Carlson is expected to launch the programming within the next month, with Justin Wells -- who was also ousted from Fox News -- on board to serve as the program's executive producer.
"Instead of reacting as they did, they should have acknowledged the tremendous ratings they received that night, one of the best in many years, and celebrated their accomplishment."
"Some people may disagree with some of the things we say as talk show hosts, but the one thing I believe we can all agree on is helping our local community. And I think that's what we aim to do."
"I don’t want to be like anyone, because I’ve always wanted to be myself. Everything I’m doing now I literally said I would do. If I put my mind to it and set it in stone, then there’s a great chance it’s going to happen."