When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

Everyone here has incredible patience.

Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.