This Much We Know: Journalism Is Not

I Quote The Late Ed Murow. ... He Said: 'look, People Listen To Me When They Want An Eyewitness Account. 'they Think I'm A Pretty Good Reporter. But When It Comes To My Opinions, Mine Are Not Worth Anymore Than The Guy At The End Of The Bar.' And I Believe That About Myself.

Tonight, Savagery In The Streets Of Iraq. Ten Americans Die In A Single Day, Four Of Them Civilians Murdered, Mutilated And Dragged Through The Streets....what Drives American Civilians To Risk Death In Iraq? In This Economy It May Be, For Some, The Only Job They Can Find.

You'd Better Do What You Feel Good About Doing. If We [try] To Figure Out What It Is The Audience Wants And Then Try To Deliver It To Them, We're Lost Souls On The Ghost Ship Forever.

(obama's) A Nice Person, He's Very Articulate This Is What's Been Used Against Him, But He Couldn't Sell Watermelons If It, You Gave Him The State Troopers To Flag Down The Traffic.

The American Dream Is One Of The Greatest Ideas In The History Of Human Achievement . . . It Thrives Today In An Age When Its Core Components Of Freedom And Opportunity Are Open To More Americans Than Ever Before. It Holds A Real, Identifiable Place In The American Heart And Mind, And It Informs The Aspirations Of Everyone From Farmers To Software Developers, From Detectives To Bankers, From Soldiers To Social Workers . . . It Defines Us As A People, Even As We Add To Its Meaning With Each New Chapter In Our National Experience And Our Individual Actions.