And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
Bob Schieffer Quotes
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
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| Birth: | 25th February, 1937 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Anchor, Journalist |
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Bob Schieffer was born in Austin, Texas. He is an American television journalist who has been with CBS News since 1969, serving 23 years as anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News from 1973 to 1996; chief Washington correspondent since 1982, moderator of the Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation since 1991. From March 2005 to August 31, 2006, Schieffer was interim weekday anchor of the CBS Evening News. His career with CBS has almost exclusively dealt with national politics. Schieffer moderated debate of the presidential candidates in 2012, between President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, on October 22 in Boca Raton, Florida.
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