Quotes by Peter Jennings

About Peter Jennings:

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.
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I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

Peter Jennings

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

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I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

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I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

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If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

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As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Peter Jennings

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

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Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

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George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.

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I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

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I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

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I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

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I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

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I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

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I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

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I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

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I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

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Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

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It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

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Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

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Author Bio

  • NamePeter Jennings
  • DescriptionNews anchor
  • BornJuly 29, 1938
  • DiedAugust 7, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist
  • AwardsPeabody Award; Member Of The Order Of Canada; Emmy Award; George Polk Award