As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.
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Related What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind of political... TOM BROKAW In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering... MICHAEL HASTINGS We have been contacted by numerous national political leaders, including many potential Republican p... ROBERT BLACK Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriousl... JOHN MCCAIN It's tabloid. It's 24/7 news - people get in the middle of a news cycle for 24 hours off of ... KAREN HANDEL The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates c... BRADLEY A. SMITH I was a reporter for Gannett and the 'N.Y. Daily News' covering Gov. Mario Cuomo's dance... JOEL BENENSON New Hampshire is unique in that all the presidential candidates come here because of your first-in-t... STEVE FORBES When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there... JACKI WEAVER I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And ... DAN RATHER It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places a... DAN BROWN Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's su... RON FOURNIER Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far ... JOHN TURNER I don't think Mr. Rather was reckless, ... Just as they broke the mold when they made him in Texas, ... STEVE CAPUS I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative ... LARRY KING Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Since there are no candidates, it's very quiet, and unusual voices get heard when they might have ot... CALVIN JILLSON The night before I began my career as a presidential campaign reporter, in September 2007, I finishe... MICHAEL HASTINGS I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors. MIKA BRZEZINSKI Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about. SAM EWING What's interesting about Twitter and the influencers that someone follows - like, say, Shaquille... JACK DORSEY I can't begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much ... SUSAN ESTRICH Essence is something I always enjoy, because I love New Orleans. Since they brought it back to New O... DOUG E. FRESH They wanted to use this as a wedge issue, perhaps for their presidential campaigns. JOSHUA HOYT When realtors send out relocation packages to people who have been transferred to the area, they usu... GREG LAST There's been a lot of energy in this race and the candidates have run fairly aggressive campaigns. JOHN WILLIAMS We have closely followed matters regarding the presidential campaigns and are profoundly concerned a... CHARLES MUBBALE They don't want someone in office who truly signifies change, ... They want to hand-pick the candida... ROB ALLYN I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level an... ROY ROMER I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level an... ROY ROMER I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who ... CARLI LLOYD Before my first child was born, I had nothing going on professionally really, and it's been a ve... SETH GABEL Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy ... CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goe... RASHIDA JONES The 'Fake News Alert' Chrome extension, created by 'New York Magazine' journalist Br... FABRIZIO MOREIRA Presidential campaigns have an awful lot to do with a sense of authenticity, and Romney's image seem... JIM JORDAN Ford Maddox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950... RUTH RENDELL Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or n... RON FOURNIER I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face... SOPHIA BUSH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the... SHANE MCANALLY I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it. ELI ROTH In addition to being extremely expensive, and we have to put up with the stupidities that the candid... SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be availa... GWEN MOORE The Iraq War marked the beginning of the end of network news coverage. Viewers saw the juxtaposition... DICK MORRIS Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere i... HEATHER BROOKE News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successfu... JESSICA SAVITCH As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news cove... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN I think when Fox News goes to the Megyn Kellys, the Bret Baiers, and people who don't have much ... DAVID SHUSTER I've been an activist since my late teens. I take this very seriously and try to use the gift th... GEORGE TAKEI Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No.... GEORGE BRETT People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, ... MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER Surveys have shown going back as far as you and I can remember that people have perceived a leftward... BRIT HUME I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it's toward... JAY-Z I can't tell if I want to be a rapper who's funny because I kind of enjoy just doing really ... AWKWAFINA Ever since I found out I got the part on 'Gilmore Girls,' my life has been changing in so ma... KEIKO AGENA Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer... HOWARD JACOBSON The candidates' whole message got lost. Negative campaigns work better at the state and national lev... BILL LONG The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I thi... ROBERT MCCHESNEY One of the least appealing aspects of modern presidential candidates is that, to avoid saying anythi... DAVID HORSEY I love to communicate my passion for music. As someone who is fanatical about band, there's no place... AARON HIMES I had the opportunity to go and read to cancer patients in hospitals and saw how something as little... MANIKA Both candidates have stepped over the line in the way they have run their campaigns, particularly wi... PATRICK MURRAY Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one ... P. J. O'ROURKE The media in America is not covering American AIDS very much. They're covering African AIDS as i... LARRY KRAMER Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire... BILL COL Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire... BILL DAL COL Nothing in the reporting of a nation's history could so mislead the younger generation as to rep... GUSTAV STRESEMANN No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real... CHRISTIAN NEVELL BOVEE No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real... CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real... CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to impro... ERIC TOPOL Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to ge... BILL MURRAY I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a p... JIM COURIER It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn... FERNANDO TORRES When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and a... JACK REYNOR Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the... FRED THOMPSON I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president'... ROBERT BORK 'The Means' is about power. I have access to political insiders who helped me write a portra... DOUGLAS BRUNT The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - wh... JUAN WILLIAMS There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns. DEBORAH TANNEN Things that happen every day are, frankly, what we in the news business aren't good at covering ... NICHOLAS KRISTOF You have to have an attitude that nothing's gonna stop me. I think that's just my New York k... MELISSA DE SOUSA I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, b... TOM BAKER I debated in high school! If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole ... MARK HAMILL Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't vi... JERRY SALTZ I think it's wrong for the government to subpoena records from journalists involved in national-... KURT EICHENWALD The people who whine about Fox News are hypocrites - they say they're totally tolerant, but when... GREG GUTFELD I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They ... ALEXANDER HAIG The new member states have a completely different view of Russia, understandably. But they, too, hav... ALEXANDER RAHR I wanted to be a political or legal reporter and to be assigned the Seale trial was just unbelievabl... DONNA DOHERTY I think they want real candidates who really tell people what they think, and are actually willing t... RUDY GIULIANI I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost ... JAMIE BELL These are millionaire candidates who we thought would run above traditional politics, and instead th... DAVID REBOVICH When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming... JACK BLACK You get to a certain age, and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of cove... DAVID BOWIE Hispanics who otherwise would have supported a Republican presidential nominee in 2008 are going to ... CARLOS ORTIZ Jimmy will get old when guys start covering him by themselves, ... and that hasn't happened since I ... BYRON LEFTWICH Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... ANDREW CUOMO Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to g... ADAM MCKAY
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