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Comedians, Such As Yourself, Jon Stewart And Others, Are A Valuable Supplement, And Here's Why: Good Journalism At Its Best Frequently Speaks Truth To Power. What's Happened With Journalists - Again, I Don't Except Myself From This Criticism - In Some Ways We've Lost Our Guts. We Need A Spine Transplant. What's Happened Is Comedians, In Their Own Way, Speak Truth To Power And Fill That Vacuum That We In Journalism Have Too Often Left, Particularly Post 9/11.

We Are The "can Do" Country. We Adjust To Situations Better Than Any People In The History Of The World... We Adjust To Change.

Covering The Civil-rights Movement Was A Mind- And Eye-opener For Me. Houston Was A Segregated Society, As Was Texas As A Whole - Some Of It By Law, A Lot Of It By Fear And Tradition. But There Was No Violence Where I Lived, And If There Was Hate, It Was Either Concealed From Me Or I Just Didn't Recognize It.

I Quote The Late Ed Murow. ... He Said: 'look, People Listen To Me When They Want An Eyewitness Account. 'they Think I'm A Pretty Good Reporter. But When It Comes To My Opinions, Mine Are Not Worth Anymore Than The Guy At The End Of The Bar.' And I Believe That About Myself.

Fear Rules Almost Every Newsroom In The Country.