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?
BOB SCHAFFERWhen Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone’s life on every single story that he covers. It’s not like being a sports reporter. That’s a great job and all that and takes certain skills.
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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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It’s getting the right person that’s the challenge.
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Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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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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And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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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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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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