will suffice what we try do is balance getting people the quick-hit information that is perishable but also take the time then to sit back, when a piece deserves a thousand words, deserves a couple days of real thinking and editing. if you can provide that mix it s mission accomplished. we are informing readers, educating readers and keeping people in the loop. but since you can measure how every single story does, every column, every item does that distort news judgment? if that story is about lobbying and it don t do well, would you shy away from doing lobbying stories? i think what s important is connecting to what s important to readers reading us. we want a large national impact and we want to be indispensable here in washington. so different reporters would measure success in different ways. i m not expecting a reporter who
to run. i am not making judgments on any tabloid newspaper or anything else. it s not a science. it s news judgment. i would not run the pictures of her, you know, with no clothes on or, hey, you know, except for the shirt on the front page of my paper, even though i live in the real world and your question is absolutely correct that we have dom compete. i would not do it. bill: does the massa deal last week, is this the same kind of story. sitting congressman, gets in trouble. press runs wild. some interest on the part of the public. not overwhelming but some. is it the same thing? no. no. the massa story, let s not make believe. the reason that the media was so interested in that because it was so creepy. period. end of discussion. the edwards thing is different. this man might have been president of the united states. if you think that s a long shot, fine. being vice president wasn t a long shot.
to run. i am not making judgments on any tabloid newspaper or anything else. it s not a science. it s news judgment. i would not run the pictures of her, you know, with no clothes on or, hey, you know, except for the shirt on the front page of my paper, even though i live in the real world and your question is absolutely correct that we have dom compete. i would not do it. bill: does the massa deal last week, is this the same kind of story. sitting congressman, gets in trouble. press runs wild. some interest on the part of the public. not overwhelming but some. is it the same thing? no. no. the massa story, let s not make believe. the reason that the media was so interested in that because it was so creepy. period. end of discussion. the edwards thing is different. this man might have been president of the united states. if you think that s a long shot, fine. being vice president wasn t a long shot.
to run. i am not making judgments on any tabloid newspaper or anything else. it s not a science. it s news judgment. i would not run the pictures of her, you know, with no clothes on or, hey, you know, except for the shirt on the front page of my paper, even though i live in the real world and your question is absolutely correct that we have dom compete. i would not do it. bill: does the massa deal last week, is this the same kind of story. sitting congressman, gets in trouble. press runs wild. some interest on the part of the public. not overwhelming but some. is it the same thing? no. no. the massa story, let s not make believe. the reason that the media was so interested in that because it was so creepy. period. end of discussion. the edwards thing is different. this man might have been president of the united states. if you think that s a long shot, fine. being vice president wasn t a long shot.
snorkeling snorkeling it s the love boat. nancy pelosi talked about it on charlie rose. this is a very sick person. he has been diagnosed with cancer. perhaps his judgment is impa impaired. ethical issues have arisen and he s no longer in the congress. and maybe he has get outer. what does cancer have to do with snorkeling. i don t even know what snorke lfrping is. i m so glad we made chris licht happy. since his news judgment one of the big problems in 2006 for the republicans, had you a lot of debt, deficits. spending recklessly. wars that need to be grinding on forever. and you start having personal scandals, and the one that was