Conversations For July 31, 2009

Schieffer talks about the joy of being a journalist after working 52 years in the industry.

If he had to list the reasons to become a reporter, getting to host the presidential debates would be pretty high on Bob Schieffer’s list.

After being the interim anchor on “The Evening News”, Bob Schieffer did not want to stay on and anchor the show.

In a society where you can get your news anyway you want, there has to be a place where people can get independently gathered information.

Bob Schieffer thinks the Sunday morning news programs are still about getting information and news out to the people - not based on an ideological platform or a chance for an anchor to show off.

Did Bob Schieffer steal his big break from another reporter? Schieffer also talks about working with a stable of reporters that included Dan Rather and Roger Mudd.

After JFK was shot, Bob Schieffer interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother and almost got an interview with her son.--break-