The Best of Notable Quotables; December 16, 1996
Vol. Nine; No. 26
Published: 12/16/1996 3:39 PM ET
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 16, 1996
- Craig Livingstone Award
- Freddy Krueger Award
- Chris Dodd Talking Points
- Good Morning Morons
- Until Every Child is Dead
- Politics of Meaninglessness
- Blaming Reagan
- I Am Woman
- Fear of the Competition
- Al Gore Tax Cut Scheme
- Damn Conservatives
- Which Way Is It?
- Media Hero
- Timothy McVeigh Award
- Bryant Gumbel Award
- If the Bias Fits Award
- What's the Frequency
- Quote of the Year
- 1996 Award Judges
Which Way Is It?
"About 3.7 million Americans, wage-earning Americans, are paid
the minimum wage or less."
-- ABC economics correspondent Tyler Mathisen, April 23 Good Morning America.
"On Capitol Hill today, the minimum wage and how best to embarrass your opponent. For ten million Americans, it's a very personal issue."
-- Peter Jennings, April 23 World News Tonight.
"In fact, only about 330,000 employees, most of them part-timers,
today work for the minimum."
-- ABC reporter Bob Zelnick, April 24 Good Morning America.
"An estimated 9.7 million Americans make the minimum wage or
close to it."
-- ABC anchor Carole Simpson, April 28 World News
Sunday.
