:08:02
Yeah, that is part of the issue.
:08:04
Let me tell you...
Cake?
:08:07
Issues are shit we use
as an excuse to run good stories.
:08:13
"Judge Grabs Female Attorney's Tits. "
The sex discrimination "issue. "
:08:18
"Nine-year-old Shoots
Brother With Uzi. "
:08:20
The child violence "issue. "
:08:22
People want to read
about sex organs and blood.
:08:25
You know what?
:08:26
We make up issues so they don't have
to feel too nasty about it. Got it?
:08:31
I should call Everett,
because that's his attitude.
:08:33
A little sarcasm?
How long you been here? Three months?
:08:37
I've worked with Everett
for three years.
:08:39
And let me tell you something, Bob.
:08:42
The guy is good, as good as anybody
I've ever worked with.
:08:45
You know why
he was run out of New York?
:08:47
I heard some things.
:08:48
He busted the mayor.
The mayor of fucking New York City!
:08:52
He found a secret memo on a bribe...
:08:54
...between His Honor and an ex-borough
president and ran with it.
:08:58
So?
:08:59
The paper killed it because
the owner was in bed with the mayor.
:09:03
What did Everett do?
:09:05
He didn't whine...
:09:06
...and he didn't back down.
:09:08
He just fucking walked.
:09:11
That's Steve Everett.
:09:13
- Fine.
- Good.
:09:15
- How's the quitting smoking?
- Great.
:09:16
When you send the flowers
to that dead girl...
:09:20
...Michelle's family...
:09:22
...would you include my name?
Thanks.
:09:25
- See you.
- All right.
:09:29
The mayor of New York City, Bob.
:09:32
The mayor, you gullible asshole.
:09:34
Yeah, I could have stayed
in New York forever.
:09:37
They were about to put me
in charge of an investigative team.
:09:40
That would have put me
on the Pulitzer track.
:09:43
I really liked it there.
Broadway shows, downtown jazz clubs...
:09:47
...dinners at Elaine's,
veal chops up the old wazoo.
:09:53
Not veal chops like that, though.
:09:55
Jaws!
:09:58
Now you have to kiss it
and make it better.