From a reader:
Jonah,
Judy Woodruff was in Nashville last week, at Belmont University (Peer Exchange Program for local businesses), giving a speech about Barack Obama’s first 100 days and the current political landscape – Inside Politics 2009, The New President’s First 100 Days. Anyway, in addition to the expected love fest, she said “There is a tendency to become jaded doing what I do, but this time is different. “ She was referring to the election of Barack Obama and she was very emotional. This is a powerful thing to say to a room full of people. She hit this idea repeatedly.
She took questions at the end so I decided to ask her, “Given that you mentioned, more than once, that there is a tendency to become jaded when you’ve been in the profession as long as you have been, but you said this time is different; and given that you appear very emotional about the Obama administration, do these things bring additional challenges to the media in general, because I assume you’re not alone in your feelings? If so, what are they?”
Her response:
“We just don’t know yet. It’s truly a very exciting time.”
That was Judy Woodruff – “we just don’t know yet.” Her answer means we do know doesn’t it? For more of Judy Woodruff on not being jaded see this link.






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