A Reporter's Life


Secretive Thanksgiving

I've never had a great longing to cover politics, and I've never even thought I'd want to cover the White House. But I would give a lot to be able to fly on a top-secret trip with President George Bush to dine with troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day. Even Bush's closest family members did not know about the trip until shortly before he left. His father, the former President George Bush, didn't know at all -- though he'd been invited to a "free-range turkey" dinner with a menu that had been nationally announced.

Not only would the adrenaline and thrill of the trip be incredible, but the trust would be an enormous compliment. I've mentioned more than once in this blog (even less than two weeks ago) that I never want to burn a source or go back on my word as a journalist. Being trusted enough to go on a 30-hour trip into a war zone with the president would certainly prove that I had kept my word.

And to think that I thought covering politics meant there wasn't as much excitement...

Posted by Layla at 11:39 AM, November 27, 2003

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See, I'd love to cover politics. (I certainly wonk about them enough in my journal.) But as cool as it would be to fly to Iraq with the president, I gotta wonder how he chose who got the honor. I hear bad things about how this White House rewards members of the press who toe their line and punishes people who don't.

Posted by: Lorelei at 12:02 AM, November 28, 2003

I first read the title of this post and thought it said Seductive Thanksgiving. "Oh, I've got to read that," I said.

Drat.

Posted by: Thomas at 5:59 PM, November 28, 2003

Lorelei: Yeah, that's the negative part about covering such stuff. I think it's true in most journalism, though.

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