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I Respect And Empathize With Reporters And Editors Who Must Compete In Today's Environment. And I Know Full Well That When I've Been Covering Campaigns, Which I Still Do, I've Made My Mistakes And Have Been Far From Perfect.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Al Gore Officially Introduced His History-making Running Mate Today, Senator Joseph Lieberman Of Connecticut....in Their First Joint Appearance They Gave A Preview Of The Gore-lieberman Fight-back, Comeback Strategy. Their Message: They Represent The Future, Not The Past, And They Are The Ticket Of High Moral Standards Most In Tune With Real Mainstream America.

Courage Is Being Afraid But Going On Anyhow.

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.

It's The Ratings, Stupid, Don't You Know? They've Got Us Putting More Fuzz And Wuzz On The Air, Cop-show Stuff.