And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.
One finds oneself saying: 'I know the right question, but ... this is not exactly the right time to ask it.'
We may see Michael Jackson's baby before we know the final outcome of this race for the House of Representatives tonight.
Those of you watching and listening, get a cup of coffee or a spot of tea and join us back here in just a few moments.
Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.
The reelection of Bill Clinton is as secure as a double-knot tied in wet rawhide.
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you; (b) I know and I can't tell you; (c) I don't know.
Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
By more than two to one Americans do not consider what Kevorkian did, injecting a terminally ill patient with legal drugs at the patient's request, to be the same as murder. You may want to note that laws are not supposed to be enforced on the basis of public opinion polls.
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
Anyone who says network news cannot be profitable doesn't know what he is talking about. But anyone who says it must "always," make money is misguided and irresponsible.
What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art
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From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.
Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.
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