Serge Schmemann Quotes
Definitely read a quality daily paper regularly, and use the Internet to check out the press around the world as often as you can.
Schmemann, Serge. "Ask A Reporter." The New York Times, 2000.
Bush was a very bright man who would frequently make statements and believe them that had almost no credibility for most other people. This is an example. He may have been the only person in America who actually believed that any presidential staff were or could be an objective source for news as he and they were often the news subjects and to be a staff member, particularly in his administration, the people had to have an ideological conformity to some basic world and national views. Bush was also not an avid reader despite the fact that his wife was a noted librarian, so he did not, as most other presidents did, commonly read leading newspapers and news magazines.
Serge Schmemann is a writer and was editorial page editor of the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times which ceased publication under that name in 2013. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Associated Press and was a bureau chief and editor for The New York Times.
