Connie Chung

No. No, it wasn't dangerous. It was just fraught with sexism. And, I mean, I think they all saw me as this unusual little toy.

No. No, it wasn't dangerous. It was just fraught with sexism. And, I mean, I think they all saw me as this unusual little toy.

No. No, it wasn't dangerous. It was just fraught with sexism. And, I mean, I think they all saw me as this unusual little toy.

Well, they were surprised when I came up with a story that they didn't have. It was a little competition, you know, and I love the competition. So I just... developed this sense of humor. And what I did was I tried to get them before they got me. And I had this propensity to be much too bawdy. And it was antithetical to what I looked like. You know, I looked like a lotus blossom.

Well, they were surprised when I came up with a story that they didn't have. It was a little competition, you know, and I love the competition. So I just... developed this sense of humor. And what I did was I tried to get them before they got me. And I had this propensity to be much too bawdy. And it was antithetical to what I looked like. You know, I looked like a lotus blossom.

Well, they were surprised when I came up with a story that they didn't have. It was a little competition, you know, and I love the competition. So I just... developed this sense of humor. And what I did was I tried to get them before they got me. And I had this propensity to be much too bawdy. And it was antithetical to what I looked like. You know, I looked like a lotus blossom.

And they were appalled that I had the audacity to use a bad word. But at the same time, they found it very comical.

And they were appalled that I had the audacity to use a bad word. But at the same time, they found it very comical.

And they were appalled that I had the audacity to use a bad word. But at the same time, they found it very comical.

You got it. And when I realized that, and I did, because I... I would call the assignment editor in Washington, the overnight assignment editor, and I'd say, what broke overnight? Or what's on the front page of the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LA Times, whatever. Whatever he had access to or whatever was released early enough. And I realized that they were getting stories.

You got it. And when I realized that, and I did, because I... I would call the assignment editor in Washington, the overnight assignment editor, and I'd say, what broke overnight? Or what's on the front page of the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LA Times, whatever. Whatever he had access to or whatever was released early enough. And I realized that they were getting stories.

You got it. And when I realized that, and I did, because I... I would call the assignment editor in Washington, the overnight assignment editor, and I'd say, what broke overnight? Or what's on the front page of the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LA Times, whatever. Whatever he had access to or whatever was released early enough. And I realized that they were getting stories.

And it suddenly dawned on me that They were saucing up the campaign manager and everyone who worked for the candidate and letting them spill the beans. So I said, end of staying in my room. I'm going down to the bar. And I did. I could drink when I was in college. I learned how to take a few down and still stay sane. I wasn't driving anywhere. which is walking back to my room.

And it suddenly dawned on me that They were saucing up the campaign manager and everyone who worked for the candidate and letting them spill the beans. So I said, end of staying in my room. I'm going down to the bar. And I did. I could drink when I was in college. I learned how to take a few down and still stay sane. I wasn't driving anywhere. which is walking back to my room.

And it suddenly dawned on me that They were saucing up the campaign manager and everyone who worked for the candidate and letting them spill the beans. So I said, end of staying in my room. I'm going down to the bar. And I did. I could drink when I was in college. I learned how to take a few down and still stay sane. I wasn't driving anywhere. which is walking back to my room.

And therein lies a great way to learn how to be a reporter. You had to get in there. You had to play that game. Exactly. The only place I couldn't enter where the men were, obviously, was the men's room. And they got stories there. I couldn't infiltrate the men's room.

And therein lies a great way to learn how to be a reporter. You had to get in there. You had to play that game. Exactly. The only place I couldn't enter where the men were, obviously, was the men's room. And they got stories there. I couldn't infiltrate the men's room.

And therein lies a great way to learn how to be a reporter. You had to get in there. You had to play that game. Exactly. The only place I couldn't enter where the men were, obviously, was the men's room. And they got stories there. I couldn't infiltrate the men's room.

You know, Barbara Walters taught me that. I knew that she picked up the phone herself. She wrote a letter. She faxed. She called. She nudged. She would say, let's have lunch. And I would call it being barbered. And Barbara barbered me. When I was fired from the CBS Evening News, she called me and started trying to get the first interview with me when I emerged from my bunker.

You know, Barbara Walters taught me that. I knew that she picked up the phone herself. She wrote a letter. She faxed. She called. She nudged. She would say, let's have lunch. And I would call it being barbered. And Barbara barbered me. When I was fired from the CBS Evening News, she called me and started trying to get the first interview with me when I emerged from my bunker.