Walter Cronkite was a personally decent and convivial man, who literally couldn't kill a fly, was kind to his children, generally helpful to juniors, authentically curious about the news, and, in his time, an energetic reporter.
Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'
I don't think many people have ever read the report. Who has read 26 volumes of this case? How many read the summary? If you read the summary, it takes a long time.
I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate.
My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.
Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?
Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it's buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all.
David Laughlin: Who flies crates like these anymore? Project Leader: No one. These planes were reported missing in 1945.
[on a TV set, Dr. Millard Rausch argues with a TV reporter about doomsday scenarios] Francine Parker: It's really all over... isn't it?
Nikita Khruschev: I have to report this to the Boss. [puts a gun on the table] Nikita Khruschev: Perhaps you'd prefer to avoid the red tape.
Marge Gunderson: [reporting over her police radio] There's the car! There's the car! Lou: What car? Marge Gunderson: My car, my car! Tan Ciera, tan Ciera!
[Angel is woken in the middle of the night with the report of a suspicious death] Nicholas Angel: [on the phone] "Decaffeinated?" [cut to shot of two decapitated heads]
Reporter: Do you often see your father? Paul: No, actually, we're just good friends.
Reporter: Mr. Carter, now that you're out, are you still going to be The Hurricane? Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Oh, I'll always be The Hurricane. And The Hurricane is... beautiful.
Anderson: Make no mistake about it, Deputy. I'll cut your fucking head clean off and not give a shit how it reads in the report sheet!
Officer Fletcher: John, don't run. John Anderton: You don't have to chase me. Officer Fletcher: You don't have to run. John Anderton: Everybody runs, Fletch.
P.A. Announcer: Attention. Attention. All non-commission off - -Attention, all non-commissioned officers will report for short-arm inspection at 0400. That is all.
Reporter: Where did you get the name, "The Italian Stallion"? Rocky: Oh I made that up one night while I was eating dinner.
Newscaster: Is Terrance and Philip affecting America's youth? Here with that report is a midget in a bikini.
Capone: [to reporters] Yes! There is violence in Chicago. But not by me, and not by anybody who works for me, and I'll tell you why because it's bad for business.
The State should have made sure the money given to the NGOs was used according to a global plan for Haiti; not doing whatever they want. They should be supervised and have to report and make sure the money is being used properly. They are here, but w...
