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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I met President Obama was 2006 in Baghdad. He was the senator from Illinois; it was a month before he actually ended up declaring. He had to come to Baghdad to kind of check that box, and I was the correspondent for 'Newsweek' at the time.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever you're reporting, there's always something you can't say or write, but the questions, you always want to get as close to that line as possible. You want to ask the tough questions.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from this sort of trivialness or superficial nature as President Obama.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, when I go in to write a profile, and no ground rules are laid down, and I'm there to write an on-the-record profile and cover readings while in the room, then that means it's on the record.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone tells you something is off the record, I don't print it. If they don't tell me something is off the record, then it's fair game.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Bill O'Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that's probably - that probably means you're doing a good job.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention how you want to be a writer, use the word 'prose,' or that deep down you have a sinking suspicion you are the next Norman Mailer.
- Pitch
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was just a personal project.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020