As a professional journalist, I've been interviewing people for almost thirty years. And the one thing I've learned from all those interviews is that I am always going to be surprised.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.
I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at least five or six stories every week. You get used to interviewing lots of different people about a lot of different things. And they aren't things you know about until you do the story.
But unfortunately, I have to say, one out of every 100 interviews I do, I get a real journalist.
I'm a reporter - if I don't interview someone, I don't have much to say, and I definitely can't just sit down and knock out 800 words on any subject you give me.
Every reporter inhales skepticism. You interview people, and they lie. You face public figures, diligently making notes or taping what is said, and they perform their interviews to fit a calculated script. The truth, alas, is always elusive.
Reporters have to use their imagination, really put themselves in the shoes of the person they want to interview.
I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.
I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.
I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality.
Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.
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