Jim Walton Quotes

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

CNN is not and never will abandon our first and fundamental brand equity, which is news and breaking news.

I invested in the 'Globe' because it is one of the best and most important news organizations in the world. We saw this vividly in the days and weeks after the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, and we also see it in many other ways every day.

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.

News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.

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

I am sorry to be leaving the BBC. I have enjoyed a fascinating seven years at the corporation and am particularly proud to have played a small part in the development of the BBC's Global News services, BBC World Service and BBC World.

We report the news. Fox talks about the news.

I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

CNN is not a television network that has a website. CNN is a full-fledged media company.

CNN is destroying their franchise. They've become either the trial network or the story network.

I never thought I'd be covering the White House. I never thought I'd be covering the White House for CNN. And I never thought I'd be covering the White House for CNN while Donald Trump was president.

CNN? Oh, that's that network with Larry King, who, like the Son of Sam, is a native of Brooklyn. Used to be owned by Ted Turner, who, like the Cincinnati Strangler, is a native of Cincinnati. Now part of Time Warner, founded by the Warner Brothers, the oldest of whom, Harry Warner, like many Auschwitz guards, was a native of Poland.

I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.

CNN can still afford 36 bureaus around the world.

When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News.

I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

When a big event happens, people turn on to CNN, not only because they know there will be people there covering an event on the ground, but because they know we're going to cover it in a way that's non-partisan, that's not left or right.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

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.

The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.

CNN is a more diverse brand. It's spread out over more products over there.

Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago.

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories.

Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be.