If Senator Kerry decides to join us for an hour, then we may only use one or two brief clips. And use the bulk of what he has to tell us as part of that...

The network and local TV angle of broadcast television has received a black eye for not properly debating within the news issues that should be debated, instead of shuffling them of to television advertising.

The news is what it is. It’s going to be good, it’s going to be positive, it’s going to be negative. It’s going to have all sorts of effects on candidates always.

There have been some suggestions that if there’s information in this program unflattering toward John Kerry, it should be considered an in-kind contribution to George Bush.

There have been some suggestions that since some of these people have appeared in paid television advertising, that that satisfies our obligations as television broadcasters.

When news comes out, it ought to be reported. There shouldn’t be a moratorium based on legitimate news, just because it may or may not affect one candidate or the other. That’s just absurd.

Complaints about content about a program that doesn’t even exist is like complaining about a referee’s call in a game that has not yet been played.