The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.

Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.

The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry.

The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience.

Double-no triple-our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

To my deep mortification my father once said to me, "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."

A soul-based workplace asks things of me that I didn't even know I had. It's constantly telling me that I belong to something large in the world.

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

To serve the Word is to fulfill the highest function of which man is capable.

I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.

All Rhodes Scholars had a great future in their past.

Would you respect me if I didn't have this gun? Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one.

I'm not part of the Hollywood scene. I don't run around with 30 women. I have a very calm household. I'm surrounded by my grandkids and wonderful friends, and I consider myself very lucky.