A biography for Bob Schiefferhasn’t been written yet.
“I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.”
“In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.”
“But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate.”
“It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.”
“There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.”