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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Well, are they really thinking that maybe they could lose control of the House next time around?
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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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.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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We talked about a thousand things, but we really talked about our parents. She is very close to her mother, and I was very close to my mother.
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I sometimes tell people, when I was hired at CBS, it was because I was a good writer, not whether I was or not was beside the point.
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Prior to 9/11, everybody was talking about at least one of the evening news programs going away, that their future was very limited.
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You have to put people in place here who are going to be here for ten or 15 years. That's not me.
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Wars are not fought on the training ground, nor can they be covered from the television studio. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of both these brave men.
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Wars are not fought on the training ground, nor can they be covered from a TV studio. They are not reality shows, they are reality. Young men and women have to fight them, and correspondents have to cover them if we are to understand what they are about.