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
cancer thinking people
My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
thinking decision boss
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.
thinking people important
And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
thinking people vietnam
Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.
jobs thinking journalism
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
hurt thinking people
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.
thinking impact community
I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
control house lose maybe next thinking time
Well, are they really thinking that maybe they could lose control of the House next time around?
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I think we've come a tremendous distance here. We had been beaten about the heads and shoulders so badly for so long there that people were pretty quiet about the office. People are talking again. They're having more fun, and they're smiling more.
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I think this is one of those deals that isn't done until it's done, and right now I don't think anybody really knows what Katie will decide. It's up to Katie to decide, and when she does, we'll all know.
coverage days election five week work
There are still a lot of things I want to do that have nothing to do with CBS. I'd like to come back for election coverage in 2008 -- but to work five days a week is not what I want to do.
seem seems
It does not seem to me like I've been doing this for a year. It seems like I've been doing it for two weeks.
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It does not help in any way for me to get into some kind of a fight with the secretary of defense, since he is there,
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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.