A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.
You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.
Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.
You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from.
God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.
I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.
Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.
As a member of Congress, I strongly believe I have a responsibility to be truthful, even if that means delivering difficult news.
I think many times news organizations, whether it's for lack of resources or something else, cover the headlines and don't follow up, even though the story continues for the people living there - they can't leave. I think it's critical that they do these follow-up stories to realize that there is still suffering, and the need is dire.
I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.
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