Kim (Kimbly)

copy editors, and writers.

And they would normally start writing on the show about two hours before it airs.

And many times, the stories would be still being written as the show went on, which is a source of panic that you get used to, that your show isn't even complete yet.

I would assign a time

to the story, how long it was, would they get 20 seconds to write the story, a 30 second story?

Is the reporter going to get three minutes for their live shot, two minutes?

And by that very nature, you have to know that any news you watch on TV, you're not getting all the news.

You're just getting a skimming over of what's in the news.

And

Yeah.

Well, obviously, the first priority for news is new.

So what's new?

What has the biggest impact?

What are people going to be interested in?

So, of course, what's available for news gathering?

One of the most boring things in news gathering is what they call a beeper or a phone interview.

I don't know if you or any of you are old enough to recall when you would be on a recorded phone conversation, there would be a beeping noise in the background.

So that's why they they call it a beeper.

I was privileged to be on the phone a few times with

Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu.