The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or stole the apples!

It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.