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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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San Diego
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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
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Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
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The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
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Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
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Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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