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'Everybody laughed' and she can't understand why ...

Jul 18, 2007 3:37AM PDT

?You know, I wanted to sit on a jury once and I was taken off the jury. And the judge said to me, ?Can, you know, can you tell the truth and be fair?? And I said, ?That?s what journalists do.? And everybody in the courtroom laughed. It was the most hurtful moment I think I?ve ever had.?
?ABC?s Diane Sawyer

While on the topic of "journalists" -

Nailing it: ?I?ve always really liked Katie?s work. I think she does a good job and she?s a good journalist, but I think, by trying to put her into a completely different format, she?s gone from being sort of an exuberant presence to someone who looks like they?ve been kidnapped and drugged and are making a hostage tape.?
?former CBS News producer Mary ?fraudulent documents? Mapes on Katie Couric

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As for the first one,
Jul 18, 2007 3:52AM PDT

GOOD !!!

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Were they laughing because
Jul 18, 2007 4:00AM PDT

She thought she was a journalist or because she thought journalists tell the truth?

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And IF
Jul 18, 2007 4:20AM PDT

You want to watch the video

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It doesn't sound quite like it sounds when just reading the written word.