- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.
- Newspaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You could write your fingers off for 25 years... and never get the kind of hearing you could get from shooting off your mouth on television for a half hour every week.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those of us who spent our careers competing with David Broder, the hardest thing to abide was the inevitable comparison. If someone said Jack Germond - or Jules Witcover or Walter Mears or whoever - 'is a pretty good political reporter,' the default response would be, 'but he's no David Broder.'
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spend hundreds of millions; talk endlessly about issues; present 12-point plans for education, the economy, and the environment. But in the end, the election of our next president can turn on a gaffe.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020