David Brinkley Dead

ABC Radio news ^

[Atlas Sneezed]

NTXT

[rvoitier]

The last class act ABC had.

[Lazamataz]

David wasn't looking too hale and healthy.

But G-d Bless, David....

[Lee Heggy]

Back in the Nixon era I worked as a page/intern for both NBC and ABC. I remember Mr. Brinkley as a man of charm and wit. He could be taciturn at times but he was never sour or mean-spirited. Being in the same room with him and Eric Severide, Walter Cronkite and John Chancellor as well as several other 'old guard' commentators as they talked shop and shared stories was a very educational experience. Sad that he is gone but what a life he lived!

Good night 'Wrinkley', I'll have a scotch for you tonight.

[Nebullis]

He called Clinton "a bore" on election night. He apologized for it later.

[TomServo]

"Goodnight, David"

[John Beresford Tipton]

When I would see him in the street, 1995 or so, he was able to walk only with great hesitation.

[alisasny]

The nonsense is still going on..we are not hitting 8 years of this goddamn garbage...

[em2vn]

Maybe he was, so what? He was a heck of a newsman.

[ewing]

Make that a double, of the 20 year old variety..

[pbear8]

Captain PBear and I always watched "This Week with David Brinkley", it was 'must see TV'. Alas and alack, no more. We'll miss you David, time to sign off...

[lainie]

[eureka!]

Re#14 Thanks for posting that. I saw it live. I will never forget it.

RIP David. Your honesty will be missed...

[Maigrey]

G'night David. Your professionalism will be missed.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

LOL bump.

[rockinonritalin]

Check here.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

Cue up Beethoven's Symphony #9, 2nd mvt.

[TomGuy]

Some noteable Brinkley quotes:


"Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians."

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

"The House Office Building is costing more than the combined cost of the Great Pyramids at Giza, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Three of the Seven Wonders of the World combined cost less money than an office building for 200 congressmen."

"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were."

"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it."

"Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important."

"A successful man is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."

"We all look forward with great pleasure to four years of wonderful, inspiring speeches, full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense. Bill Clinton...has not a creative bone in his body. Therefore, he's a bore, and will always be a bore."
--David Brinkley, on the eve of Clinton's re-election, during "This Week with David Brinkley".

[ewing]

His closing barrage on 1996 Clinton while leaving the air-absolutely classic!

Peter Jennings -'Mr. Brinkley you cant say that on air..' Brinkley-'I just did, I told you I was leaving!'

Jennings and Rather could learn a lot from David Brinkley

[ken5050]

The worst thing for David is that he'll have to suffer through George Stephanopolus' phony eulogy next Sunday...

[ewing]

That will be unbearable, I hope Cokie is emceeing..even Sam Donaldson would be better than Snuffoluffagous