American - Journalist | January 30, 1928 - August 14, 2013
Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
Jack Germond
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Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads.
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I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.
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The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.
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Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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You could write your fingers off for 25 years... and never get the kind of hearing you could get from shooting off your mouth on television for a half hour every week.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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