Quotes by Bill Dedman

Bill Dedman

American journalist

Alive from: 1960-

Category: Media

Quotes 1 till 15 of 81.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself is no longer limited to chipped ham and an Iron City beer.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  A CBS spokesman said the network's policy was tightened in September 2006 to forbid contributions to political campaigns. Previously, there was a bit of wiggle room.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  A city built on rivers and bituminous coal, Pittsburgh in the '90s has survived the boom and bust years.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control of its role investigating firefighter deaths.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.'

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  After Huguette Clark died in 2011 at age 104, 19 relatives challenged her will, claiming she was mentally ill and had been defrauded by her nurse, attorney and accountant.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  Although some Clinton biographers have been quick to label Alinsky a communist, he maintained that he never joined the Communist Party.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  American nuclear reactors are well into middle age. The median age of an operating reactor in the U.S. is 34 years, placing start-up in midst of the Carter administration.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  An investigation by msnbc.com shows that the CDC routinely takes as long as a month - and sometimes as long as nine months - to visit the scene of firefighter deaths.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets.

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'

• Bill Dedman

  

  - +

   0
  Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.