The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
BOB SCHAFFERIt’s no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
-
-
It’s getting the right person that’s the challenge.
BOB SCHAFFER -
Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
BOB SCHAFFER -
When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
BOB SCHAFFER -
It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
BOB SCHAFFER -
Government is just spending too much money.
BOB SCHAFFER -
I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
BOB SCHAFFER -
We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They’ve heard it on the radio. They’ve seen it on the Internet. They’ve seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
BOB SCHAFFER -
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 SCHAFFER -
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 SCHAFFER -
I used to be a print reporter.
BOB SCHAFFER -
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.
BOB SCHAFFER -
My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
BOB SCHAFFER -
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.
BOB SCHAFFER -
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.
BOB SCHAFFER -
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.
BOB SCHAFFER