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It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.
- Bob Schieffer
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There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
- Bob Schieffer
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I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
- Bob Schieffer
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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.
- Bob Schieffer
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Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.
- Bob Schieffer
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With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
- Bob Schieffer
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Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in complete control whenever they can. And you can't blame them for that.
- Bob Schieffer
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We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
- Bob Schieffer
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My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.
- Bob Schieffer
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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.
- Bob Schieffer
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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.
- Bob Schieffer
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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
- Bob Schieffer
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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.
- Bob Schieffer
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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.
- Bob Schieffer
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It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
- Bob Schieffer
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
- Bob Schieffer
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.
- Bob Schieffer
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#Football
#Thanksgiving
#Truth
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