Sure enough, as merger has followed merger, journalism has been driven further down the hierarchy of values in the huge conglomerates that dominate what we see, read and hear. And to feed the profit margins journalism has been directed to other priorities than "the news we need to know to keep our freedoms"

Barack Obama seemed to think he could win over his enemies. He certainly seemed to believe too much in his own powers of persuasion. One thing's for sure - he misunderstood the nature of his adversaries.

A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.

Beauty is an expression of that rapture of being alive.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been. Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I'm the front man, I'm the man on camera, but there's a whole team beyond me.