Martin Bashir Quotes

• Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at this special network, will be allowed to focus on the issues that matter without the distraction of myself or my ill-judged comments.

  Martin Bashir

  Reflection, Issues, Focus

  "Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC" by Tommy Christopher, www.mediaite.com. December 4, 2013.

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• Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

  Martin Bashir

  Determination, Curiosity, Stories

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• The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.

  Martin Bashir

  Years, Asking, Noses

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• It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?

  Martin Bashir

  Real, Literature, World

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• Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

  Martin Bashir

  Children, Literature, Difficult

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• The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings.

  Martin Bashir

  Children, Home, Literature

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• I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.

  Martin Bashir

  Life, Thinking, Inspire

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• The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

  Martin Bashir

  Albums, Literature, Royalty

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• This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.

  Martin Bashir

  Two, People, Literature

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• We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

  Martin Bashir

  Issues, Literature, Film

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• It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break.

  Martin Bashir

  Challenges, Literature, Looking Forward

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• He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.

  Martin Bashir

  Zoos, Children, Covered Up

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• I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.

  Martin Bashir

  Criminals, Literature, Saws

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• I have an inate curiosity about people.

  Martin Bashir

  People, Curiosity

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• The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.

  Martin Bashir

  Opportunity, Fda, Achievement

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• Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children

  Martin Bashir

  Mother, Children, Contact

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• If somebody's not prepared to answer the question, you can keep asking

  Martin Bashir

  Asking, Answers, Prepared

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• If you listen carefully to Rick Santorum, he sounds more like Stalin than Pope Innocent III.

  Martin Bashir

  Sound, Pope, Innocent

  "MSNBC's Martin Bashir Outrageously Compares Rick Santorum to Mass Murderer Joseph Stalin" by Scott Whitlock, www.newsbusters.org. February 14, 2012.

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• A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy, perhaps even this great nation in jeopardy?

  Martin Bashir

  Teenage, Beer, Alcohol

  "Bashir: Romney Not Presidential Material Because He Doesn't Drink". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 23, 2012.

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• It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family [of the child]. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

  Martin Bashir

  Agreement, Advice, Literature

  "Jackson revelations were surprise, says Bashir". www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2003.

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• For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose and tonic with plenty of lime; and on a cold winters night, theres nothing quite like a glass of Black Maple Hill... an absolute peach of a bourbon.

  Martin Bashir

  Sports, Winter, Night

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