His assumed ambition was to be a Murdoch, or even a Laurence Tisch. Of course, this is precisely the kind of counterintuitive thinking that has drawn Diller admirers and partners like investment banker Herbert Allen and Tele-Communications Inc.'s John Malone. In practical terms, however, Diller's plan would seem almost too counterintuitive, given the fact that Silver King stations currently produce almost none of their own programming. He is seeking partnerships with local newspapers. But that's not what I'm trying to do.
Local newscasts are terrible.
Except for weather and sports, they're uninformative. They should just have one master shot of police and ambulances and yellow police tape because that's all they run. It's the Eyewitness News-ization of America. Again, he won't say what kind of alternative he'll offer, although a passing reference to the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour seems to offer a clue. It's not about greed with him.