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.
BOB SCHAFFERA 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.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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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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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 truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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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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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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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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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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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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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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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about 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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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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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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