Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be telling me everything I got wrong about them. I know that Johnson's out there saying, 'Why is it that what you wrote about the Kennedys is twice as long as the book you wrote about me?'
When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'
I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I have probably profiled hundreds of people over the years, people in very powerful positions. People don't always like what I write, but most people still talk to me.
Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.
Even when I lost my job at CBS News, I set up shop in my youngest daughter's bedroom and started Brainstormin' Productions and the Hannah Storm Foundation. And guess who was there, visiting me and enthusiastically making business charts and graphs that covered my entire kitchen table? My dad, of course.
The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.
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.
Half the people think I write Obama's speeches; the other half think I'm on 'Entourage.' So I'm at the level of fame where people kind of know who I am, but they confuse me with other people.
I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive.