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Show LE S TE R E RB ES /11 LE: I get involved partly. I don't use it in the news. I try to remain unbiased on the news and just report the story. Once in a while I will say, "Now that's the end of the story, and I have a comment to make," and I express an opinion, see. But I don't slant a story purposely. I don't do that at all. SG: No, I didn't mean it that way. What I'm really asking you is if you take an editorial stand, which I assume you would label as such. LE: I do only when I label it. SG: The fact that you have been involved in some of the local politics--you say that you were a member of the city council, has this been a plus or a minus in your role as a newsman? LE: Plus, very definitely. SG: You haven't had the problem of people thinking, well, you might be wanting to get back into politics, and therefore, they shouldn't tell you? LE : N o , n o p r o b 1 e m . T h e y k n o w I ' m n o t g o i n g b a ck i n t o politics. I publically declared it. No, no problem at all. But knowing the council, for instance, and dealing with the county commissioners and the various county and city officers as long as I have, they pretty much uncork, you know. They don't hold back. They tell me things that I wouldn't use on the news. They know that I'm not going 29 |
