As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track

In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

Go to where the silence is and say something.

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.

The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

I really do think that if for one week in the United States we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limbs sheared off, we saw kids blown apart, for one week, war would be eradicated. Instead, what we see in the U.S. media is the video war game.