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A Police Reporter Walks Into The Worst Moment In Someone's Life On Every Single Story That He Covers. It's Not Like Being A Sports Reporter. That's A Great Job And All That And Takes Certain Skills. But, You Know, They're Glad To See You When You Show Up To Cover The Football Game. Nobody Is Ever Glad To See A Police Reporter When He Shows Up.

But If You're Going To Go Out On A Military Unit, You've Got To Allow Yourself To Be Under The Control Of The Commander Because You Really Could Put The Troops In Danger.

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.

The Iraq War Was Fought By One-half Of One Percent Of Us. And Unless We Were Part Of That Small Group Or Had A Relative Who Was, We Went About Our Lives As Usual Most Of The Time: No Draft, No New Taxes, No Changes. Not So For The Small Group Who Fought The War And Their Families.

The Government's View Is That The Best Time To Announce Bad News, News That It Doesn't Want The Public To Dwell On Is Late On A Friday, When It Will Wind Up In The Saturday Papers, Which If You Were Readers, Then The Week Day Editions. A Holiday Weekend Is Even Better.