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Surveys have shown going back as far as you and I can remember that people have perceived a leftward tilt in the basic coverage that they get on TV news. ↗

— Brit Hume

#back #basic #coverage #far #get

Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air. ↗

— Brit Hume

#because #certain #cnn #could #day

We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were. ↗

— Brit Hume

#already #away #because #big #big difference

We had more viewers on the broadcast network than we did on the cable channel. ↗

— Brit Hume

#cable #channel #did #had #more

We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job. ↗

— Brit Hume

#abroad #bureaus #foreign #getting #important

With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I've been treated here has been awesome. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#been #fans #here #i #maple

We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them. ↗

— Brit Hume

#chance #had #kept #lot #never

We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along. ↗

— Brit Hume

#available #brought #came #development #either

What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground. ↗

— Brit Hume

#competitive #exploding #get #ground #had

When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary is not a bad thing. ↗

— Brit Hume

#bad #bad thing #business #colorful #did