CAN.
John: WILL COME BACK TO
OZARKS TONIGHT.
OUR NEXT GUEST NEEDS LITTLE
INTRODUCTION.
FORM AND THE CBS EVENING NEWS
AND SENTIMENTS NEWS
CORRESPONDENT SCOTT POLITICAL
YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT CALLED
"TRUTH WITH TELLING CALL.
IT IS DIFFERENT, BUT THAT MANY
JOURNALISTS RIGHT.
TO ME WHO THIS BOOK IS ABOUT.
JOHN, I KNOW I WANTED TO
WRITE A MEMOIR BUT I DIDN'T
WANT TO WRITE A MEMOIR ABOUT ME
BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT DID OCCUR TO ME THAT I
HAD MET THE MOST FASCINATING
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD IN MY
CAREER AT 60 MINUTES AND CBS
EVENING NEWS AND THAT THEY
SHOWED INCREDIBLE VALUES DURING
SOME OF THE MOST GERMANIC
EVENTS OF OUR TIMES.
SO MANY TENCZAR AFTER VALUES,
CHAPTER 1 IS ENTITLED
GALLANTRY.IT IS ABOUT WHAT I
SAW AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
ON 9/11, WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS
READ GAVE THEIR LIVES, JUST TO
GET THE CHANCE OF SAVING
SOMEONE ELSE.
A LOT OF TIMES FIREFIGHTERS
I SENT INTO SITUATIONS THAT ARE
NOT THE BEST TO A LOT OF TIMES
IT IS PEOPLE'S HEARTS POINT IN
THEIR LIFE THAT THEY ARE
DEALING WITH.
DO YOU THINK THAT BRINGS OUT
THE BEST IN PEOPLE OR WORSE?
OH, I THINK IT TYPICALLY
BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE
AND HAVE SEEN THIS IN YOUR
CAREER TOO, JOHN.
FOR EXAMPLE, ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
THE BOOK IS CALLED
SELFLESSNESS.
AND IS ABOUT A NURSE THAT I MET
AND IN A COMBAT ROOM IN IRAQ.
I WAS STANDING IN A OR AS 5
STUDENTS WERE WORKING ON HIM.
HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE BLOOD
IN THE BLOOD BANK.
A NURSE CAME IN AND SAID THERE
IS NOT ANYMORE.
AND ANDREWS WAS RUNNING THE OR
SAID, I'LL GET MORE.
AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IS SHE
TALKING ABOUT, I'LL GET MORE?
THERE ISN'T MORE.
I CHASED HER OUT OF THE TENT,
INTO THE NEXT TENT, WHICH WAS
THE BLOOD BANK.
BY THE TIME I GOT THERE SHE
OPENED HER OWN VEINS AND WAS
BLEEDING INTO BAGS THAT WERE
GOING BACK INTO THIS YOUNG
MARINE.
AND THEN THEY PUT THE ALL CALL
OUT, AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE CAME
RUNNING, AND THEY STATE THAT
MAN'S LIFE.
SO I THINK IT'S EXACTLY IN
THESE HISTORIC MOMENTS THAT
PEOPLE SHOW THE BEST THAT WE
CAN BE.
John: ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF REPORTING
OVERSEAS ON CONFLICTS THAT THE
U.S. HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN.
HARRISON SHIPP YOUR VIEW OF HOW
YOU VIEW THE UNITED STATES AND
THE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD SEE OUR COUNTRY AS WELL?
I CAN SEE, I WENT TO THE
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC AND
EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN AND
AMERICA WITHOUT A DOUBT IS THE
MOST ADMIRED COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD.
THAT HAS NEVER CHANGED IN THE
40 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN
TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT WITH REGARD TO THE
CONFLICTS YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT, I WENT TO AFGHANISTAN 10
TIMES.
I WENT TO IRAQ 26 TIMES.
AND IN COVERING THOSE WARS, WAS
ABLE TO SEE HOW THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF F THE WEST ARMED
FORCES REALLY REPRESENT OUR
BEST VALUES.
EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SENT
OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF FLAWED
POLICIES IN WASHINGTON, THEY DO
THEIR BEST TO MAKE THE MOST OF
EVERY SITUATION.
John: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF
JOURNALISM IS HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
JOHN, I WAS WALKING DOWN
THE STREET THE OTHER DAY AND
SUMMER STOPPED ME AND SAID, OH,
THIS MUST BE A TERRIBLE TIME TO
BE A REPORTER PICTURE AND I
SAID, NO, THIS IS A GREAT TIME
TB REPORT BECAUSE AT THIS
MOMENT WE ARE BEING SCRUTINIZED
BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO THAT
WE CAN SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO,
HOW WE DO IT, WHAT OUR VALUES
ARE.
THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT
JOURNALISM.IT CAN'T BE DONE.
JAMES MADISON SAID THAT THE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS ARE RIGHTS THAT
GUARANTEE ALL THE OTHERS.
MEDICINE AND THE FOUNDER, ONE
OF THEM NAMED JOHN ADAMS, BY
THE WAY, GIVE US THE POWER OVER
THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
EXERCISE THAT POWER IS WITH
INDEPENDENT, RELIABLE
INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE REASONS AMERICA IS
GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST
JOURNALISM IN THE WORLD.
John: SCOTT, LAST QUESTION
I WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY.
WHO ARE WE AS AMERICANS?
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN YOUR
CAREER?
HOW DOES IT CHANGE YOUR OPINION
ON US AS AMERICANS, AND WHO ARE
WE NOW?
WHO ARE WE NOW, AND WHO DO
WE ASPIRE TO BE?
A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
YOU KNOW NOT WE ARE NOW LIVING
IN A MOMENT WHEN THE TRUTH CAN
BE SEEN TO BE A LIE IN A LIKING
SEEM TO BE THE TRUTH.
I THINK THAT AS AMERICANS WE
NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
HOW WE CONSUME THE NEWS, AND WE
WE GET WE BEGIN WHERE WE GET
OUR NEWS.
YOU WILL SEE IN THIS BOOK AGAIN
AND AGAIN PEOPLE CAUGHT IN
HISTORY'S BIGGEST WIND SHEARS
AND YET COMING THROUGH AND
DOING THEIR BEST FOR THEIR
FELLOW AMERICANS.
AMERICA IS THE MOST GENEROUS
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS BOOK
AND IN NEED STORIES.
I HOPE THAT, IF PEOPLE ARE
BEGINNING TO FEEL A LITTLE OFF
BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF
RHETORIC THE RECEIVING COMING
OUT OF WASHINGTON, THIS WILL
REMIND THEM OF WHAT BEDROCK
AMERICANS ARE ALL ABOUT.
John: THE BOOK IS "A TRUTH
WORTH TELLING CALL.
SCOTT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, JOHN,
THANK YOU.