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I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.
Bob Schieffer
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In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.
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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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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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But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.
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I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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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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But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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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 with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.
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Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.
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With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
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But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.
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