If You Sent Me To Cover A

The Press . . . Traditionally Sides With Authority And The Establishment.

I Saw A Large, Red Dried Swath That I Immediately Identified Clearly As Blood. I Covered The War In Vietnam. I Saw A Lot Of It [blood] There.

I Was A Typical Farm Boy. I Liked The Farm. I Enjoyed The Things That You Do On A Farm, Go Down To The Drainage Ditch And Fish, And Look At The Crawfish And Pick A Little Cotton.

And On Election Night I'd Go Down To City Hall In El Paso, Texas And Cover The Election. In Those Days, Of Course, We Didn't Have Exit Polls. You Didn't Know Who Had Won The Election Until They Actually Counted The Votes. I Thought That Was Exciting Too.

So When I Cover The President, I Try To Remember Two Things: First, If You Don't Ask, You Don't Find Out; And Second, The Questions Don't Do The Damage. Only The Answers Do.