Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
BOB SCHAFFERI had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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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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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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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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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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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
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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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The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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It’s getting the right person that’s the challenge.
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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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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
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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.
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