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 backcorefind Change image and share on social
And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing. Bob Schieffer acebiologicalcreative share on social
And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist. Bob Schieffer difficultexperiencefather share on social
The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. Bob Schieffer announcebadday share on social
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 beatdaylayer Change image and share on social
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 debatedetermineinterest share on social
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. Bob Schieffer accessamericanearth Change image and share on social
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. Bob Schieffer blamecampaigncandidate Change image and share on social
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 daygrowknow Change image and share on social
It's getting the right person that's the challenge. Bob Schieffer challengeperson Change image and share on social
