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Jan 14, 2016 · Former "Face the Nation" moderator and current CBS News political contributor Bob Schieffer is reassessing his opinion of GOP front-runner Donald Trump. "I started out saying well he's...
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Bob Schieffer, CBS News contributor, former chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation," joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss Donald Trump's momentum, John Kasich's Ohio...
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- That Time He Said “This Was The Worst Presidential Campaign of My Lifetime”
- That Time He Suggested America Has Endured “Some Kind of Curse”
- That Time He Said He Was Also “Disgusted” by The Election
- That Time He Admitted This Election Is Actually Kind of “Scary”
- That Time He asked, “How Have We Come to This?”
- That Time He Said The GOP Debate Was “Like Kids Out Behind A Barn”
During an interview with CBS Sunday Morningthis week, Schieffer spelled out his issues with this year’s campaign. “Our campaigns are more than just the process where we select candidates. They should also enlighten us, help us to understand problems, and debate solutions,” Schieffer said. “This time, there was none of that. This campaign left an un...
Schieffer has covered 14 presidential elections over the course of his career, but he said he’s never seen one quite like this. “It is as if the nation is enduring some kind of curse,” Schieffer told CBS Evening Newson Monday. “What should we expect next? That it will rain frogs? I wouldn’t bet against it.” This election is not “business as usual,”...
Last week in a CBS News/New York Times pollthat found 82 percent of likely voters more disgusted than excited about the election. Schieffer agreed, saying he was also “disgusted.” “Here we have dangerous times, the threat of terrorism, the government in total gridlock ... and yet we have a campaign that’s been all about sex tapes,” Schieffer said.
In February, Schieffer joined CBS This Morningto discuss how the closeness of the primaries -- and their increased “nastiness” -- was revealing the divide within political parties. “This whole thing is really kind of scary,” said Schieffer, explaining that this campaign may cause an unraveling of political parties.
Schieffer called the second presidential debate between Clinton and Trump “disgraceful.” “How have we come to this? This is supposed to be a campaign for the most powerful office of the land,” he explained on CBSN. “Here we’re marching in women into the hall who supposed to have some relationship with one of the candidate’s spouses. What’s that sup...
On February 25, five remaining Republican presidential candidates faced off in their tenth Republican primary debate,in Houston, Texas. But Schieffer said the GOP candidates spent more time arguing than discussing any serious issues. “I thought things couldn’t get lower than they already reached in this campaign,” Schieffer said. “No discussion of ...
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Oct 16, 2017 · Veteran CBS journalist Bob Schieffer said during an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday that President Trump’s attacks on media outlets are “undermining the foundations of our...
Writing not long after Donald Trump was elected president, you said that the integrity of news reporters was being challenged with what you called reckless ferocity. You noted that President Trump called reporters dishonest, producers of fake news and the enemy of the American people.
Dec 2, 2016 · Stunned. That's how Bob Schieffer, the retired CBS newsman with deep Texas roots, reacted on Election Night. He, like much of America, didn't think Donald…
The Donald Trump presidency kept the media on its toes with a constant deluge of information. Bob Schieffer ’59, veteran journalist, talks to Kris Bunton, dean of TCU’s Bob Schieffer College of Communication, about what may be ahead during Joe Biden’s term.
