The Newsroom (TV Series)

5/1 (2012)

Sam Waterston: Charlie Skinner

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Quotes 

• Charlie Skinner : I need to tell you that you're going to remember this night for the rest of your lives. It's going to be a long night and we need you to work fast and we need you to work well. But once in a while, take three seconds- you can't spare more than that- take three seconds to notice where you are and what you're doing. Will's gonna go on the air in a few minutes so that we can report that at the order of the President of the United States, US Special Forces have shot and killed Osama bin Laden.

• Charlie Skinner : The president's gonna tell us what's going on at 10:30. He's gonna tell us. What's the virtue of breaking it five minutes early?

  MacKenzie McHale : America thinks bin Laden's alive. If I can make him dead one minute sooner, my entire life in journalism up until this point will have been worth it.

• [Will got approval to break the story 20 minutes ago] 

  Charlie Skinner : When did you turn into Ted Baxter?