10 Questions for Tom Brokaw

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It's not the worst. I guess what I feel about it is it was certainly the one that I would like to go back and straighten out.

IS THERE A STORY YOU REGRET NOT COVERING?

I regret that we didn't connect the dots on terrorism. We covered the story episodically--an attack on the U.S.S. Cole, the embassies, the Khobar Towers. The people in Washington say the terror is real, and we say yeah and go on to other things.

SO YOU PLACE SOME OF THE BLAME ON JOURNALISTS FOR THAT?

I do. I don't know whether we would have made the airline security better. But I do think that we should have, all of us, raised the issue in a more complete form earlier.

YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GUTTURAL L'S IN BROADCASTING. DID YOU EVER TRY TO GET RID OF THAT?

Yeah, I did. It mostly comes when I get tired or lazy with it. But, yes, I had a very good speech therapist in Omaha.