I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.

If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved.

I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.

Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.