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At the breakfast table we are footnoting everything that we read. We don't recognise it as such but we encounter an article in the newspaper and then suddenly we recall that a friend had a certain comment on that particular story, a certain bit of news that we saw on the television applies to that and we immediately assemble an idea of a story.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

There is always sleaze in the news. And you know what? The news is always a combination of things that are interesting and things that are important.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one.

One thing that happens on the 'Newsroom' is that every time a real story does get incorporated into the show, there's always an angle that's provided that hasn't really been dealt with yet.

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.