Tom Brokaw
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"Thomas John" ""Tom"" "Brokaw" is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of Greatest Generation/The Greatest Generation (1998) and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: Today (NBC program)/The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets.

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It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.

We were not just competitors and colleagues, we were friends. We had a lot of opportunities to reflect on this in the last year. It was a competitive brotherhood.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

I'm honored that you invited me, especially when for $10,000 and a new convertible you could have had the top running-back prospect at SMU.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

Peter was born to be an anchor.

Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.