Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
BOB SCHAFFERThe truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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There’s fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
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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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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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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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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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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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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 had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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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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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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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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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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