Roy E Bode

Career journalist. Reporter. Washington Bureau Chief. Metro newspaper editor-in-chief (Dallas). Texas newspaper group owner. Rancher.

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Bellington (Bella) Bode
2008 - October 30, 2019

God & @GRRTexas sent Bella to join our family just before Christmas 2010. She blessed our home with kindness, love and joy for almost 9 years, leaving our hearts filled with precious memories.
She was an Angel.
#GoldenRetrievers

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Thanks for your cogent observations on the disappearance of bona fide media reporting, Eddie. It's another consequence of the hijacking of honest journalism by new media. Those of us who dedicated life-long careers to that "Old School" craft considered ourselves neither Democrats nor Republicans but "journalists." I believe it's more appropriate for Stephanopoulos & company to claim kinship with creatures with prehensile tails than with actual journalists.

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@MeetThePress @kwelkernbc Congrats, Kristen Welker! Hope you're discarding the advocacy & opinions that served the egos of previous MTP hosts but offered little useful scrutiny of their guests. But I'm Old School, privileged to be a newspaper panelist on the show when it welcomed controversial figures.

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@GeraldoRivera @TheFive Many will be watching to make sure you’re gone.

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@JBaileyTweets83 @GeraldoRivera @TheFive Twitter needs a laughter emoji!
He’s a Performer, not a Journalist.
Unfortunately, journalists are becoming an endangered species.

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If @rupertmurdoch fired @TuckerCarlson, thousands of Republicans might turn off his channel; but no Democrats will be rushing to turn it on!

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If Trump nominated some Republicans may stay home, but not nearly as many Dems already abstaining or crossing over!

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@FoxNews 4/24/23: The day @FoxNews became #TheWeaselChannel. #TuckerCarlson

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@donlemon fired the same day at CNN as @TuckerCarlson at @FoxNews?
I look forward to more backstory.
For an Old School journalist, there are few real coincidences.
Recent legal rulings on non-disclosure contracts may make this interesting.

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‘I AM STUNNED’: Embattled CNN anchor Don Lemon releases scathing message after surprise firing from network. https://t.co/WIVivMvIDo

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@FoxNews Say it ain’t so, Rupert....or Goodbye, Fox🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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@KenPaxtonTX @GregAbbott_TX Who’s responsible for investigating allegations of criminal conduct by Texas DAs such as withholding pertinent evidence from a grand jury? #DontNewYorkOurTexas #DontCaliforniaOurTexas #DontChicagoOurTexas #DontPhiladelphiaOurTexas

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@AdamKinzinger @POTUS Hilarious! Twitter needs a ROFL emoji.

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Astounding!

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Idaho Dog Rescued from Top of Tree After Chasing a Squirrel — See the Photos https://t.co/BQjPDdqE63

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@JohnCornyn @nypost Senator, the best thing you could do to help end this invasion would be to resign and allow the Governor to replace you with a Republican.

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@JohnCornyn @news_ntd May I suggest that you follow the Sheriff's example, Senator? If anyone needs more evidence of how little you respect and represent those who elected you, it was provided by your vote for the Omnibus Appropriation bill last week. Have you been dethroned of common sense?

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@TeamCornyn Please explain how your vote FOR the Omnibus Appropriations bill helped solve any of these critical problems.

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@JacquiHeinrich Congratulations from a former WHCA member, Jacqui! You’re needed there!
And from an Ol’ NewsDog who can’t quit, how about this briefing question I haven’t heard asked:
Will the President invoke the Taft-HartleyAct’s emergency provision to end a national rail strike?

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@JoeConchaTV In a long-lost era when I covered the White House, reporters would’ve rebelled & maybe even walked out If a President usually opened news conferences by checking a list of those to recognize.
It suggests they are “friendlies” with pre-approved questions for scripted answers.

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@byJasonDelgado 🤣😂😅🤣🤣🤣

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@HeathMayo 🤣🤣

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Reassuring to see that while others are rewriting history, donations from individuals and funds from the State of Texas are restoring it. #KeepTexasTexas
https://t.co/LfyqUz2RMI

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