[shadowman99]

From Election Night 1996 -

Brinkley: "I wish to say that we all look forward with great pleasure to four years of wonderful, inspiring speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection. More goddamn nonsense."

Peter Jennings: "You can't say that on the air, Mr. Brinkley."

Brinkley: "Well, I'm not on the air."

Jennings: "David, we are on the air."

Brinkley: "Too bad. I told you I was leaving."

[Registered]

lol, thanks for that.

[Pyro7480]

That's classic material. RIP David.

[al_c]

LOL!!!! That's priceless! Man, ABC went downhill when Brinkley left.

[eureka!]

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

RIP David. Your honesty will be missed...

[cgk]

LOL! Reminds me of "Network."

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for posting that! I recall it vividly--and laughing until I had tears in my eyes. IIRC, it was rather late in the evening. A true treasure--David Brinkley.

[af_vet_rr]

From Election Night 1996 -

Brinkley: "I wish to say that we all look forward with great pleasure to four years of wonderful, inspiring speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection. More goddamn nonsense."

Peter Jennings: "You can't say that on the air, Mr. Brinkley."

I remember this exchange, it still makes me laugh out loud even today.

[fight_truth_decay]

On Friday [November 8, 1996] David Brinkley taped an interview
with Bill Clinton for airing on Sunday's [November 10, 1996] This
Week, his last show as host. Brinkley, who had called Clinton "a
bore" and said his election night speech was full of "goddamn
nonsense," began the interview:
"Before we begin I am reminded of something I wrote years ago. 'It
may be impossible to be objective,' I said. 'But we must always be
fair.' Well after a long day election day, and seven hours on the
set, what I said at the end of our election night coverage was
both impolite and unfair. And I'm sorry. I regret it."
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030612_extra.asp