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There is a lot of hand-wringing going on over the future of print media. What do you think will happen to newspapers, magazines, and wire services in the digital age?
I certainly think the Internet is here to stay, but we should be wary because anyone can get in on the act, and not everyone is a professional journalist. The slow demise of print journalism is a national tragedy. Who can live without a newspaper? Headline News doesn't do it for me, and I'm sure for many others.

Your parents were Syrian immigrants who couldn't read or write and yet you, in one generation, rose to the top of your field. Who or what do you credit for that? Do you think it would be possible today?
I certainly do think it's possible today. This is the land of great opportunity and freedom. My parents were my role models. Education was everything to them even though they had no formal education. They wanted their children to surpass their lifestyle to help bring about a better role.

Do you have any words of advice for the next president?
Tell the truth. Trust the American people. They are very tolerant. Don't go to war without reasons that can be explained. Too many lives are at stake when a president makes a mistake.

You said that Bush is the worst president in American history. Do you still believe that?
I've seen nothing to retract my statement.

© 2008

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  • Posted By: Karenn1 @ 08/21/2008 10:41:34 AM

    Anonymity reporting is the wave of the future. Were on that wave now.Break up airwave and newspaper and maybe we will get some reporting done.

  • Posted By: Mickey46 @ 08/20/2008 1:40:39 PM

    I think that busby needs to look at the other direction Limbough, O'Rielly etc the talking heads who do nothing but bash anyone who disagrees with their point of view. It seems like the people in the media who support Obama are supposed to act like the rest of talking heads. By the way have you ever heard a positive thing said about Omama from ANY of these so called media big shots.

  • Posted By: busby @ 08/17/2008 7:45:35 AM

    Let's not forgetr brown noses like MSNBC, particularly Matthews and Olbermann, who bend over backwards to keep anything negative about Obama OFF THE AIR!

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