Tom Brokaw

Journalist

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Quiet, reflective, and idealistic. Interested in serving humanity. Well-developed value system, which they strive to live in accordance with. Extremely loyal. Adaptable and laid-back unless a strongly-held value is threatened. Usually talented writers. Mentally quick, and able to see possibilities. Interested in understanding and helping people.

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Biography

Thomas John “Tom” Brokaw is an American television journalist and author, best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004.

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Quotes by Tom Brokaw

Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

My own strong feeling was that the gay liberation movement really got national attraction in the truest sense of the word later in the '70s, in the '80s, and especially in the '90s.

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

There is certainly greatness in the '60s generation. They changed our attitudes about race in America, which was long overdue. They didn't just stand up and salute when told to go to war. Women finally began to realize a more equal place in our society.

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.

I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.

Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.

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