:34:19
The problem isn't simply that
you've lost your sponsor.
:34:23
- With Alcoa See It Now still loses money.
- Mr. Paley...
:34:26
...the fee is $50,000, last week's episode
we did for less than $50,000...
:34:30
You're speaking
beyond your competence.
:34:31
We'll find another sponsor.
We can find someone who wants...
:34:34
Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question
brings in over 80,000 in sponsors...
:34:38
...and it costs one third of what you do.
:34:40
Ed, I've got Tuesday night programming
that's number one.
:34:43
People want to enjoy themselves.
They don't want a civics lesson.
:34:47
- What do you want?
- I don't want a constant stomachache...
:34:50
...every time you take on
a controversial subject.
:34:54
I'm afraid that's the price
you have to be willing to pay.
:34:59
Let's walk very carefully
through these next few moments.
:35:02
The content of what we're doing
is more important...
:35:04
...than what some guy in Cincinnati...
- What you're doing, not me.
:35:07
Not Frank Stanton. You.
:35:09
CBS News, See It Now,
all belong to you, Bill.
:35:13
You wouldn't know it.
:35:16
What is it you want? Credit?
:35:18
I never censored a single program.
:35:22
I hold on to affiliates who wanted
entertainment from us.
:35:27
I fight to keep the license...
:35:29
...with the very same politicians
that you were bringing down...
:35:32
...and I never...
:35:35
...never said no to you. Never.
:35:38
I would argue that we have done
very well by one another.
:35:43
I would argue that this network...
:35:46
...is defined by what the news department
has accomplished.
:35:49
And I would also argue that never saying no
is not the same as not censoring.
:35:53
Really? You should teach journalism.
:35:55
You and Mr. Friendly.