Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.
BOB SCHAFFERBut if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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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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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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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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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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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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Government is just spending too much money.
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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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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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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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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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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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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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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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