The Loudest Voice (TV Mini Series)

2001 (2019)

Guy Boyd: Chet Collier

Quotes 

• Roger Ailes : [learning of people trapped in the north Twin Tower jumping from windows]  Does anybody else have this footage?

  John Moody : If they do, they haven't aired it.

  Chet Collier : We can't put that on the air. At least not yet. It's too soon.

  Roger Ailes : Run it. We need everyone in the goddamn world to see what these animals have done to us. Run it.

• John Moody : There's another plane.

  Roger Ailes : Where?

  John Moody : United 93 is down in a field in Pennsylvania.

  Roger Ailes : [indicating a TV]  And we're watching that?

  John Moody : Well, thing... things are moving pretty fast.

  Roger Ailes : Look, just put up a shot of the tower. That's what everyone needs to see. Just run it on a loop all day.

  John Moody : We can't just show the same thing over and over.

  Roger Ailes : It's not a regular news day. This is Pearl fucking Harbor.

  Chet Collier : [on TV, the North Tower collapses]  Fuck.

  Roger Ailes : Do we even have anything else?

  Bill Shine : They, um, uh, shut down Pennsylvania Avenue, evacu...

  Roger Ailes : No, not words. Images, visuals. What do we got?

  John Moody : Uh, jumpers.

  Roger Ailes : What?

  John Moody : From the North Tower. Jumpers.

  Roger Ailes : Let's see that.

• Roger Ailes : This is Islamic terrorism. Al-Qaeda.

  John Moody : None of us know for sure yet. We're... we're trying to get confirmation...

  Roger Ailes : Somebody just flew two jumbo jets into the World Trade Center. Another one into the Pentagon. The biggest suicide bombs ever. Who do you think it was, the fucking Quakers?

  John Moody : Roger... let the other networks say al-Qaeda first, like we did with Lewinsky and Clinton.

  Roger Ailes : This is not about blowjobs getting us ratings, John.

  Brian Lewis : We're under attack.

  Roger Ailes : He's right. We don't know what else can happen today. There could be more planes, could be subway attacks, dirty bombs. We have to be prepared for anything. It's not over. We need a new graphics package. Splashy. I want it to say, "America at War." Chet, talk to me about on-screen updates.

  Chet Collier : Uh...

  Bill Shine : There's a lot of noise, uh, panic. Flights grounded, Air Force scrambled.

  Roger Ailes : Get it all up there.

  Bill Shine : There's only so much room on... on screen, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : Well, let's do it like we do sports scores, uh, but keep it moving, like it's a Wall Street ticker tape.

  Bill Shine : Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

  Roger Ailes : Yeah, update after update. Everybody needs to know what's happening. Who we got coming in, John?

  John Moody : Uh, some phones are down. We're having trouble getting in touch with anybody in D.C. or south of Houston.

  Roger Ailes : You know what? Just get every NatSec expert we've got. You just put 'em on hold for the whole goddamn day. You make it an exclusive hold if you have to. This is gonna be a day that defines us, as a country and as a people, and we just all need to be at our very best.