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25 quotes by Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig that is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation. He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California and co-hosts the weekly political radio program Left, Right & Center on KCRW, the National...
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these... →

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And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They... →

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And the big issue here, I think, is that the publisher took over the editorial pages, a guy named Jeff Johnson. He's an accountant from Chicago... →

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Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem... →

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For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without... →

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For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great... →

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I talked to Reagan for about six hours all told. and Reagan was willing to go along with it. He didn't look at his watch, and he didn't allow... →

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I teach at USC, and it's obvious to anyone who teaches college students that they don't cover much modern history and certainly not the... →

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I was able to do something that people can't do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a... →

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That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought... →

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The publisher has told - you know, if these editors, Andres Martinez and Nick Goldberg, were the least bit honest about this, they would tell you the... →

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They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that... →

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