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Bob Schieffer quotes

American Journalist February 25, 1937

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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
But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate. Bob Schieffer
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. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no..."
But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make. Bob Schieffer
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. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise."
We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "I can't think of any other job in journalism where the..."
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you. Bob Schieffer
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
Bob Schieffer quote: "I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand..."
I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing..."
People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press. Bob Schieffer
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. Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer quote: "I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or..."
I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not. Bob Schieffer
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
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
Bob Schieffer quote: "With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we..."
With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on. Bob Schieffer

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