Chet Huntley Quotes

United States, Television Presenter
December 10, 1911 – March, 20, 1974.

Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.

Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned role in authoritarian societies, but not here - not yet.

Chet Huntley
- Society
- Role
- Journalists
I used to believe the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . .government, I've concluded, is now aninsufferable jungle of self-serving bureaucrats.

Chet Huntley

Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

Chet Huntley
- Hate
- Reason
- Yankees
I hesitate to get into the gutter with this guy.

Chet Huntley
- Guy
Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought.

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- Air