Campbell Brown Quotes

Campbell Brown

Profession : Journalist

Birth : June 14, 1968

Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.

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The 800-pound gorillas of TV news are gone. When I was the White House correspondent at NBC, and Tom Brokaw was anchor, the reporters were protected.

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Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.

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In 'The Founders,' his new book about top charter schools, Richard Whitmire traces both the 'revolution' these schools brought about in many American cities as well as a parallel phenomenon, 'the charter pushback campaigns.'

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You're never going to hear me say, 'Well, I've been critical of Obama five times, so now I need to be critical of McCain five times.' That is a false equivalence, and that's what I think is wrong with journalism.

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I don't think it's fair that we cannot guarantee every child in this country a great education and that, in New York City, in some cases, your child is at risk in some part because of the policies the union endorses.

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My favorite stories are about kids who refuse to give up; their homes and schools may have been destroyed; they've probably had to rely on themselves more than a lot of adults do, and they've resisted the many bad alternatives that city life offers to poor teens.

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I'm interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate.

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I didn't get interested in education until I had kids.

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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.

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Let's be clear about what Common Core is. It spells out what students should know at the end of each grade. The goal is to ensure that our students are sound in math and literacy and that our schools have some basic consistency nationwide. But the standards do not dictate a national curriculum, and teachers are not told how or what to teach.

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Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.

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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.

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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.

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When an organization is willing to support only lawmakers who are with it 100 percent of the time, it virtually guarantees that the debate will be bitterly partisan.

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Every education law should be based around the question, 'Is this good for children?' And it's not.

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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.

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When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.

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The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.

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