I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
BOB SCHAFFERMy mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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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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The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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Government is just spending too much money.
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It’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.
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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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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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They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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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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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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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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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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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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