Sam Waterston credited as playing...
Charlie Skinner
- Lucas Pruit: I'm gonna infuse ACN with tens of millions in your budget. How does that sound? I'm gonna get 18 to 25 year olds to watch the news so it can support itself, and so it doesn't die when you do. The news gathering and newscasts will have tentacles in every reach of the Internet. Interactives, podcasts, live streams, Tublr, Facebook, Twitter. We'll make our audience reporters in the field through Instagram and Vine, Snapchat, and blogs. You still with me? Our users become the audience and our audience becomes the contributors. That's my plan.
- Charlie Skinner: Needless to say, I'm impressed by your indifference to talent, experience and credentials. And I assume the absence of the words truth, trust, and professionalism in your mission statement was an oversight. Your contempt for the second rate seems to be a contradiction too, since you believe the best reporting is done by anyone with a phone and the time it takes to write 'epic fail'. And as an old guy, I've got a lot more respect for 18 to 25 year olds than you do, 'cause I don't believe their heads will explode if you stop patronizing them for an hour a night, and tell them what the fuck's going on in their lives and maybe even in the lives of other people!
- Lucas Pruit: The air up on that pedestal must be pretty thin, 'cause you are delusional, sir.
- Charlie Skinner: If I am, I plan on staying that way. And my network's staying too. We've got a problem now, you and me! Have a good evening.
- Lucas Pruit: 'Proud' is generally what people pretend they are when they've lost.
- Charlie Skinner: 'Cryptic' is what people generally are when they pretend they have supernatural powers.
