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April 18, 2007
Reporter's Notebook: Me & Wolf
Blacksburg, Va. — I got up this morning to ride the exercise bike in my hotel’s tiny fitness center, where the CBS Early Show was on. I was watching the Virginia Tech coverage and pedaling away when Wolf Blitzer, the CNN anchor, walked in. Not surprisingly, he looked like he had just gotten up. He climbed on a treadmill and started walking.
After about 15 minutes, I left to get a drink. When I came back, he was about to switch channels. “Do you mind if I change it?” he asked politely. “Because if you like that, we can leave it there.”
“No, it was there when I came in the room,” I said. He flipped on CNN, then hopped back on the treadmill.
He’s way smaller in person. —Robin Wilson
Posted on Wednesday April 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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