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Bob Schieffer
American
Journalist
Born:
Feb 25
,
1937
Good
Job
People
Think
Time
You
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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
Truth
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Game
Culture
Truth Is
Long
Our
Those
Super
Super Bowl
More
Factor
Football
Part
Football Game
Lights
Like
Economy
Beyond
Bowl
Became
Than
Just
Holidays
Turkey
Meaning
I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
Bob Schieffer
Service
Great
Community
Think
Way
Impact
Journalism
Great Way
Public
Your
Public Service
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
Political Campaign
You
Hurt
People
Political
Think
Other
Side
Slip
Something
Guy
Know
Well
Because
Campaign
Reporter
Any
Gonna
It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
Bob Schieffer
Right Person
Challenge
Person
Getting
Right
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
People
Think
Those
Lieutenant
Had
He
Along
Been
Reporter
Happened
Vietnam
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
Changed
Boss
He
Obviously
Makes
Commander
His
Report
Get
Reporter
Legitimate
Story
Decisions
Certain
Appeal
Right
Thinks
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
Bob Schieffer
You
Job
Think
Other
Journalism
Come
Any
Where
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
News
People
Internet
Job
Seen
Assume
Our
Bit
Cable
Know
Makes
Heard
Different
Turn
Turn-On
Companies
Radio
Evening
Evening News
Now
Basically
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
Day
Perspective
Add
Some
Put
Longer
Headlines
Context
Trying
Reporting
Just
Mean
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
You
People
Other
Relations
Layers
Through
Beats
Days
Go
Get
Public
Themselves
Public Relations
Many
We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.
Bob Schieffer
Enterprise
Perfect
Human
Far
One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
Bob Schieffer
People
Mind
Young
Enjoy
One Thing
Something
Always
Want
Deciding
Interested
Young People
Fun
Keep
Lives
Thing
They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
Bob Schieffer
Life
Me
Temporarily
Temporary
Know
Asked
Means
I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera.
Bob Schieffer
People
Try
Like
Talk
Camera
Normal
Normal People
Just
Want
Stand
Bark
I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days.
Bob Schieffer
Life
Me
Thought
My Life
Everybody
Those
Television
All My Life
Would
Had
Knew
Days
Because
Up
Reporter
Newspaper
Newspaper Reporter
Much
Who
Grow
Grow Up
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
Politics
People
Free
Somewhere
Way
Over
Along
Sport
Amateur
Handed
American
American Politics
Used
Professionals
Things
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
Bob Schieffer
War
Time
Group
Changes
Our
Relative
Unless
Our Lives
One Percent
About
Percent
Small
Small Group
Had
Part
New
Most
Were
Iraq
Iraq War
Families
New Taxes
Taxes
Us
Who
Usual
Fought
Lives
Draft
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.
Bob Schieffer
Service
Great
You
Way
Say
Kids
Tell
Main
Had
Main Reason
Journalism
Perform
Know
Look
Talk
Schools
Great Way
Because
Lot
Reporter
Just
So Much Fun
Want
Decide
Public
Much
Teachers
Reason
Fun
Public Service
The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.
Bob Schieffer
Best
You
Congress
Interviews
Face-To-Face
About
Where
Interaction
Place
Themselves
Thing
Last
If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.
Bob Schieffer
Good
You
Tough
Looking
Give
Come
Answer
Question
Off
Get
Asked
Really
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