The Buzz

“Those of us in the press have a lot to answer for, but so do all of you in the audience.”
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather at the Forum in March describing how public support for the watchdog role of the press has diminished.

“The Jill Carroll episode is important because these guys are drunk with their own success…”
Mark Jurkowitz, media critic for The Boston Phoenix, at a Shorenstein Center brown bag in April, talking about the bloggers who accused Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq and held hostage for nearly three months, of sympathizing with the terrorists.

“He loves his props, and he knows everyone else loves his props too.”
Pat Clarey MPA 1983, former chief of staff to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, telling a recent IOP study group that at meetings, herformer boss would pull out the sword he used in his Conan the Barbarian movie and wave it around.

“It’s daunting to be returning to scholarly life.”
Outgoing Harvard President Larry Summers, who plans to return to teaching after a year-long sabbatical, at a reception in his honor that also included a debate with Kennedy School faculty.