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Connie Chung

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467 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's right. And she fought it. And she acknowledged that she lost. And I didn't know that at the time. I thought, how could she acquiesce to this kind of ridiculous rule? And so I tried, and I lost too. So I was... hoping that I could set a new term for my substitution period when I was substituting for her during her pregnancies.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's right. And she fought it. And she acknowledged that she lost. And I didn't know that at the time. I thought, how could she acquiesce to this kind of ridiculous rule? And so I tried, and I lost too. So I was... hoping that I could set a new term for my substitution period when I was substituting for her during her pregnancies.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's right. And she fought it. And she acknowledged that she lost. And I didn't know that at the time. I thought, how could she acquiesce to this kind of ridiculous rule? And so I tried, and I lost too. So I was... hoping that I could set a new term for my substitution period when I was substituting for her during her pregnancies.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Yes, it's the automatic respect that men get just by virtue of the fact that they're men. I think we are perpetually trying to prove ourselves. And I think we've made great progress. I think women and minorities have made great progress. But Asians suffer this incredible Asian hate these days, which has reverted back to a peculiar—I mean, not peculiar, but horrible results—

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Yes, it's the automatic respect that men get just by virtue of the fact that they're men. I think we are perpetually trying to prove ourselves. And I think we've made great progress. I think women and minorities have made great progress. But Asians suffer this incredible Asian hate these days, which has reverted back to a peculiar—I mean, not peculiar, but horrible results—

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Yes, it's the automatic respect that men get just by virtue of the fact that they're men. I think we are perpetually trying to prove ourselves. And I think we've made great progress. I think women and minorities have made great progress. But Asians suffer this incredible Asian hate these days, which has reverted back to a peculiar—I mean, not peculiar, but horrible results—

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Women have not reached the level of parity. I think we can't sort of quietly sit and see if it's going to happen. We need to continue to move forward.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Women have not reached the level of parity. I think we can't sort of quietly sit and see if it's going to happen. We need to continue to move forward.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Women have not reached the level of parity. I think we can't sort of quietly sit and see if it's going to happen. We need to continue to move forward.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

I really appreciate the investigative reporting in television news and alt print everywhere. Anytime I see an investigative report, I'm impressed. What I don't like, of course, is if I see opinion. And there is a lot of that. I would really like the news to swing back to objective, honest, credible, straight news. And I know a lot of people, you know, people I just run into, want facts.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

I really appreciate the investigative reporting in television news and alt print everywhere. Anytime I see an investigative report, I'm impressed. What I don't like, of course, is if I see opinion. And there is a lot of that. I would really like the news to swing back to objective, honest, credible, straight news. And I know a lot of people, you know, people I just run into, want facts.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

I really appreciate the investigative reporting in television news and alt print everywhere. Anytime I see an investigative report, I'm impressed. What I don't like, of course, is if I see opinion. And there is a lot of that. I would really like the news to swing back to objective, honest, credible, straight news. And I know a lot of people, you know, people I just run into, want facts.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's all they want. Do you miss it? Only when I see—when I'm watching an interview on television, I want to throw my shoe at it. If somebody isn't asking the question, the next question that I would ask, it doesn't do a follow-up. Or I— It's very strange. I miss that, the interviews and being able to dig deeper. But I also miss the joy of going after a story that's worthy.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's all they want. Do you miss it? Only when I see—when I'm watching an interview on television, I want to throw my shoe at it. If somebody isn't asking the question, the next question that I would ask, it doesn't do a follow-up. Or I— It's very strange. I miss that, the interviews and being able to dig deeper. But I also miss the joy of going after a story that's worthy.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

That's all they want. Do you miss it? Only when I see—when I'm watching an interview on television, I want to throw my shoe at it. If somebody isn't asking the question, the next question that I would ask, it doesn't do a follow-up. Or I— It's very strange. I miss that, the interviews and being able to dig deeper. But I also miss the joy of going after a story that's worthy.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

And I know it sounds really old-fashioned, but it's the—if I can change a government wrong or— change in attitude regarding social ills or whatever, something like that. I think it's so gratifying. And I know a lot of my friends still feel that way as well. And they get to do it sometimes. But sometimes the... The ball is rolling, rolling over them.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

And I know it sounds really old-fashioned, but it's the—if I can change a government wrong or— change in attitude regarding social ills or whatever, something like that. I think it's so gratifying. And I know a lot of my friends still feel that way as well. And they get to do it sometimes. But sometimes the... The ball is rolling, rolling over them.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

And I know it sounds really old-fashioned, but it's the—if I can change a government wrong or— change in attitude regarding social ills or whatever, something like that. I think it's so gratifying. And I know a lot of my friends still feel that way as well. And they get to do it sometimes. But sometimes the... The ball is rolling, rolling over them.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

And they're just lucky to be still in the business. And I'm happy for them because I'm looking in from the outside.

Fresh Air
Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

And they're just lucky to be still in the business. And I'm happy for them because I'm looking in from the outside.