And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
BOB SCHAFFERWell, you know, in any political campaign, you’re gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it’ll hurt the guy on the other side.
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The government’s view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn’t want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.
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The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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Well, you know, in any political campaign, you’re gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it’ll hurt the guy on the other side.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I’m interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
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The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
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They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
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But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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