Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
Bob Lloyd Schiefferis an American television journalist. Schieffer married Patricia Penrose Schieffer in 1967. They have two daughters and three granddaughters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth25 February 1937
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.
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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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I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me.
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I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.
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People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.
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With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
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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.
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For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important.
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I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.
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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.
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Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.
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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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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.