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.
BOB SCHAFFERI think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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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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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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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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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.
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And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
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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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The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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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.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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