Kaitlan Collins Quotes

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

I was given a White House - well, you will have to ask the White House that. But I asked to attend the White House briefing because I was, you know, because I wanted to report on the activities there.

When people think about CNN today, they think about our television coverage, politics, and Donald Trump. And I get it; I'm not suggesting that's wrong. But I think there is a much bigger story going on at CNN.

I've been a news junkie as long as I can remember - and once you've covered a presidential campaign, it's nearly impossible to tear yourself away. There's so much at stake.

I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history

I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me to cover the early days of the Kennedy campaign. Jackie especially. Everyone was interested in the family.

My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his recognition that, in a global age, we needed greater understanding of the world around us.

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

I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

The front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times are very important in shaping what other people think. They're like writing a memo to the White House.

I enjoy seeing the press. I learn much from reporters. In the White House press corps alone there are at least half a dozen experts already on animal husbandry.

Many newspapers have become players as well as spectators in the political debate.

People who work for the Donald Trump admonistration do not know from day to day whether there job is there or what it is.

What I find shocking is that there's this thought process that Hillary Clinton is going to be president of the United States, and to even think of Donald Trump is a joke.

If you love television and you love news, CNN is the perfect place to be.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

Let me tell you, seven days without Wolf Blitzer is heaven. A week outside 'The Situation Room' is downright calming. No 'breaking news!' No hype. Blitzer is a first-class journalist, and I mention him only by way of acknowledging his fame.

I've always been an outsider. I think, being in the White House press corps, it's difficult to do the sort of journalism that I would want to do.

There are many great outlets that we love and respect, but 'The North Star' really is going to be a hard news outlet with reporters and journalists, White House correspondents. I think we'll be hard news with some cultural commentary.

Donald Trump rejected charges of ties between his campaign and Russia, blasted the intelligence community for leaks, and repeatedly attacked the news media. The president said he inherited a mess at home and abroad, but he dismissed the notion of a White House in turmoil.

Donald Trump is interesting to people. He's intriguing. But they want to see that Donald Trump in the White House. And he's getting there and he's going to pivot there.

I am a member of that small, little group that covers - I'm a member of the White House correspondents association. I go to the White House every day.

When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.

There mustn't be a moment when we turn on the TV and think, 'There's Trump in the White House' - that must never feel normal.