I used to be a print reporter.
BOB SCHAFFERI always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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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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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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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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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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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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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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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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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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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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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
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Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
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